A previously unknown species of Australopithecus have been discovered in Ethiopia’s Afar region, coexisting with early Homo ...

A remarkably well-preserved dinosaur embryo, unearthed from a fossilized egg in southern China, is offering scientists an ...

Professor Marcus Foston, of Washington University St. Louis, helped develop a new process using byproducts from soybean oil, ...

Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, ...

Unfortunately, the fossil record only provides a very patchy picture of the early days of animals. It's particularly ...

A recent study has made microscopic fossils messengers from a warmer world, showing that the tropical Pacific Ocean could be ...

“Major groups such as non-flying dinosaurs, mosasaurs, and flying reptiles (pterosaurs) went completely extinct,” researchers said. “The hardy decapod crustaceans survived though, and they still ...

Rock hyraxes, known in southern Africa more often as "dassies," are furry, thickset creatures with short legs and no ...

Stats from South Fork Wind's first year undermine the Energy secretary's assertions that offshore turbines don't operate well ...

Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to ...

During the shutdown, essential EPA staff will continue to work, but many functions will cease. That could lead to increased pollution risks and halted cleanup efforts.

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a startup building giant robot boats, manipulating DNA with electricity ...