We know there were animals during Earth’s chilliest era—but we still don't know what they look like. By Chris Baraniuk / Hakai Magazine Published Dec 23, 2022 6:00 PM EST This article was originally ...

Some animals cling to survival in numbers so small that a single storm, a single poacher, or a single bad breeding season ...

Even without body parts that allowed for movement, new research shows—for the first time—that some of Earth's earliest animals managed to be picky about where they lived. These creatures from the ...

Lacking bones, brains, and even a complete gut, the body plans of simple animals like sea anemones appear to have little in common with humans and their vertebrate kin. Nevertheless, new research from ...

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You’re probably familiar with classic sauropod dinosaurs, the four-legged herbivores famous for their long necks and tails. Animals such as Brachiosaurus, Apatosaurus and Diplodocus have been standard ...

Our planet teems with an estimated 8.7 million species, yet a heartbreaking number of them exist in such small populations that most people will never see them outside of a photograph. These are ...