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November 14, 2017

Hundreds of skeletons reportedly found on 'Murder Island'

Beneath the sand of this picturesque island chain lies a brutal and bloody past that’s still being unearthed.

November 3, 2017

Woolly Mammoth bachelors often met disastrous ends

Pity the male woolly mammoth: These poor creatures were more likely to meet their end in natural traps — falling through thin ice, tumbling into holes or getting stuck in mudflows — than their female counterparts, a new study finds.

November 2, 2017

Gigantic dinosaur-eating plane-size reptile discovered in Mongolia

A monstrous, meat-eating flying reptile that had a wingspan of a small airplane, could walk on all fours and stalked its prey on land has been found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia.

October 26, 2017

Primordial fossils of Earth's 1st trees reveal their bizarre structure

Earth's first trees had hundreds of tree-like structures within them, making them exceedingly more intricate than the insides of modern trees, a new study finds.

October 22, 2017

Fossilized teeth dating back 9.7 million years could 'rewrite' human history

Dental remains discovered by German paleontologists who were sifting through gravel and sand in a former bed of the Rhine River could potentially lead to a “rewriting” of human history.

September 27, 2017

Scientists 'very excited' about 150,000-year-old baby tooth

Scientists are "very excited" to learn more about a baby tooth that only the most sophisticated DNA dating tech can analyze.

September 27, 2017

10 year-old trips into million-year-old fossil discovery in New Mexico

A family outing turned into a major archaeological discovery by one New Mexico 10-year-old who literally stumbled on a million-year-old fossil.

September 27, 2017

Humans were in Australia 20,000 years before previously thought alongside giant wombats

What you need to know about the new discovery in Australia that has global significance and changes the way we look at our history.

September 26, 2017

Dino blunder: Museum changes dinosaur display after 10-year-old points out error

The Natural History Museum in London is changing a dinosaur display after a 10-year-old boy pointed out an error.

September 26, 2017

Experts proclaim newly-named Patagotitan dinosaur species the largest ever discovered

A newly-named dinosaur species that was as heavy as a space shuttle has been declared the largest ever by experts.