A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people ...

What did the face of our ancestors look like three million years ago? Our international team has answered this question by ...

Automatic translation turned a routine Greek word for the diaspora into an unintended label — language, doesn't always translate neatly ...

A new digital reconstruction of the face of an early Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own ...

What did the face of our ancestors look like 3 million years ago? Meet the reconstructed face of "Little Foot" - the most complete biological Australopithecus specimen that ever existed.What did the ...

For the first time, researchers have digitally reconstructed the facial fragments of the individual, who belonged to the Australopithecus genus ...

NGORONGORO: FEW places on earth inspire awe quite like the Ngorongoro Conservation Area with its spectacular beauty and natural magnificence that has captivated the Joint Permanent Commission on ...

I’m trying to imagine what it would be like going through life not knowing the names of the plants and animals around you,” ...