The odd-looking specimen with scythe-like jaws indicates that early ants were spread widely across the globe while dinosaurs ...

Vaidl said the bird was already believed to be extinct in the 1950s before a new population was discovered. The Brazilian ...

When you think of predators, you likely imagine big animals with sharp claws or teeth, like tigers or sharks. Over 100 ...

The fossil’s discovery in Brazil shows that ants have been around for longer than once thought. This insect impaled its prey ...

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived ...

Marvel at a whirlwind tour through history’s weirdest and wackiest jobs, enjoy being swept away to an adventure in which ...

Vaidl said the bird was already believed to be extinct in the 1950s before a new population was discovered. The Brazilian ...

After decades in the dark, the fungal kingdom — the second largest after animals — is having a moment in the limelight ...

A new study has shown what's really driving the collapse of Brazil's amphibians: the climate crisis and El Niño.

or perhaps the most endangered anseriform of all," Vaidl said, referring to an order of waterfowl. The International Union for Conservation of Nature put the duck's population at 249 animals in ...

In the ancient landscapes of what is now northeastern Brazil, 113 million years ago, an unusual ant with bizarre ...