Researchers uncovered the oldest known salmon species, showing that northern fish have ancient Arctic roots dating back 73 ...

The snail’s shell defies the smooth spirals we associate with its kind. Instead, it folds into boxy, angular whorls, a shape ...

The Arctic landscape during the Cretaceous Period may have been dominated by the dinosaurs, but the rivers and streams held something more familiar. Alaska's fresh waters 73 million years ago were ...

Antarctic krill do not only react to external environmental influences such as light or food. They also use their internal clock to adapt to the extreme conditions of the polar environment.

A new study led by our Earth Sciences department has made a surprising discovery about a mysterious fossil from the Cambrian period — over 500 million years ago.

Scientists have made a breakthrough in solving a 500-million-year-old fossil mystery, reclassifying a peculiar spiny specimen that was once thought to be one of the earliest molluscs. The fossil, ...

A research team has created a comprehensive evolutionary tree of all bird species, integrating data from hundreds of studies ...

A peculiar spiny fossil, once thought to represent one of the earliest mollusks, has now been conclusively reclassified by ...

A peculiar spiny fossil, once thought to represent one of the earliest molluscs, has now been conclusively reclassified by scientists ...

Very little is known about Powelliphanta augusta, an elusive snail species threatened with extinction. The new footage is the ...

For over two decades, Suquamish tribal member Joshua George has dived into the emerald waters of the Salish Sea looking for ...

“Second, the empirical evidence indicates that conscious experience is at least a realistic possibility in all vertebrates ...