A new species of fossil from 444 million years ago that has perfectly preserved insides has been affectionately named "Sue" after its discoverer's mom. The result of 25 years of work by a ...

The Santa Ana winds were already blowing hard when I ran the first worm simulation. I’m no hacker, but it was easy enough: Open a Terminal shell, paste some commands from GitHub, watch ...

An international team of paleontologists and Earth scientists has identified fossilized remains as a two-clawed therizinosaur. The fossils were unearthed more than a decade ago in Mongolia.

Also found on a submarine canyon floor: a deep-sea worm sometimes called a "disco worm," but scientifically known as a polychaete (which means “many bristles”), glittering like sparkly steel wool.

Few people have made such a powerful imprint on American history as Harriet Tubman did. A former enslaved person, Tubman became an abolitionist, humanitarian and leader of the Underground Railroad ...