Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A forest during the Carboniferous Period© iStock.com/selvanegra The post Scientists Found a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A prehistoric creature found near the Amazon rainforest in Brazil had a jaw so bizarre that researchers initially thought they ...

Nautilus and Allonautilus cephalopods and their extinct ancestors have been drifting through the mesophotic zone of the ocean for more than 500 million years. Researchers have spent the last 40 years ...

Tanyka amnicola is a newly identified ancient tetrapod known from unusual twisted jawbones adapted for grinding plants. This ...

Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” these creatures have barely changed over millions of years and continue to ...

Aerial view of the village of Ita'aka, in the Koatinemo Indigenous Land in the Amazon rainforest, about 70 km from Altamira, Para State, Brazil, taken on June 11, 2025. CARLOS FABAL CARLOS FABAL/AFP ...

Researchers working on fossils from Brazil found a new kind of tetrapod fossil from 275-million years ago called Tanyka ...

A rodent found in Laos has been determined to belong to a group thought to have gone extinct in the fossil records about 11 ...

A park ranger photographed a giant salamander after coming across the rare creature, deemed a 'living fossil,' in a remote ...

An ancient species has had experts scratching their heads about its unusual jaw shape. The salamander-like creature had a highly unusual way of chewing its food. But this discovery was significant in ...

This aerial view shows a riverside community of the Amazon rainforest by the Tocantins River in Cameta, Para state, Brazil on November 12, 2025, during the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference. MAURO ...