Humans have changed a lot over the past few hundred millennia. We evolved from ancient apes, which are believed to have in turn evolved from sea creatures that existed in the distant, distant past, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Life on Earth began over four billion years ago, not long ...

A new giant long-necked dinosaur, Dasosaurus tocantinensis, unearthed in Brazil, reveals ancient land connections. Its close evolutionary ties to a Spanish species suggest dinosaurs migrated between ...

Scientists have identified a 3.3-million-year-old giant prehistoric monster crocodile species that likely hunted early human ...