The first animals with mineral skeletons changed the way sediments develop on Earth forever, according to new research. Sediments are often modified by the mineral-rich skeletons of living organisms.

Sponges may be ancient, but their timeline has been murky. New research suggests the earliest sponges were soft and skeleton-free, explaining why their fossils don’t appear until much later. By ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 3D-printed version of the K. atrox skeleton found in Argentina's southern Patagonia. A hyper-carnivore, this ancient relative of ...

For the first time, the remarkable features of Australia's unique wildlife—from platypus, bilby, kangaroo, koala and emu to mammals gone extinct—are available for all to see, via their bones and ...

A new database offers access to over 6,000 3D scans of primate skeletons housed in the American Museum of Natural History, Stony Brook University, the National Museum of Natural History, the Cleveland ...