A rare, nearly complete skull unearthed in the Egyptian desert has led to the identification of a new species of apex predator, Bastetodon.

Scientists reveal a never-before-seen species of leopard-size apex predator that lived in lush forest 30 million years ago.

What happens when mysterious fossils found in Utah don't fit into the regular scheme of how scientists think things evolved?

Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...

An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...

The end of the Cretaceous Period, 66 million years ago, marked the dramatic extinction of the dinosaurs. Until now, our ...