Conodonts are actually older than the oldest previously known vertebrates, making them the earliest known “skeletonized” vertebrates in existence.

One of the many misconceptions about the ancient megalodon is that it was an extinct, larger ancestor of the great white shark.

Olduvai Gorge continues to reveal details about the lives of the hominids, some of them our ancestors, from more than a million years ago.

The mighty brontosaurus might be real after all, according to new analysis.

When did animals first come into being? It might have been millions of years earlier than we thought.