An often-overlooked dino had a unique combo of traits linked with animals that spend at least part of their time underground, a study finds.

New research offers an unprecedented look at one of the strangest animals in the ocean, the hammerhead shark.

Matt Friedman wasn't looking for a brain when he scanned a 319 million-year-old fossilized fish skull, but that's just what he found.

The newly discovered fossil clarifies our understanding of the evolution of a family of apes that includes modern gibbons.

Researchers have found that “brain water” can exit through tiny channels to reach the skull’s bone marrow, which can detect infection or injury.

Analysis of a 1,300-year-old skeleton found in a tomb in China determined that the man was not a grave robber, but a victim of murder.

A fossil elephant cranium from Kenya weighs roughly two tons and reveals adaptations that let its species, Loxodonta adaurora, outcompete others.

A child’s skull believed to be up to 250,000 years old and discovered in a South African cave sheds light on a human ancestor called Homo naledi.

Halloween, with its mix of the macabre and the playful, provides a moment to reflect on how closely life and death are interwoven – especially in 2021.