natural history
A Holiday Dinosaur Fossil Gift Giving Guide, Specifically for Nicolas Cage
There are plenty of ways to indulge your 'Jurassic Park' fantasies without harming science in the process.
Researchers Say More Than Half of Plant Specimens Could Have the Wrong Name
Distinguishing specimens from each other isn't always easy.
19th Century Wax Figures Slice Open the Human Body
Travel back and experience the ghastly wonders of Castan's Panopticum.
The Badass Beaver-Like Mammal That Outlived the Dinosaurs
Kimbetopsalis simmonsae isn’t bothered by cataclysmic asteroid impacts.
Scientists Unveil the Most Comprehensive Tree of Life Ever Created
Spanning 2.3 million species and 3.5 billion years.
DNA Analysis Reveals the Role of Climate Change in Mammoth Extinction
Pleistocene megafauna could handle cooling periods, but global warming was another story.
These Are the Dinosaurs Paleontologists Want to See in Movies
Therizinosaurus, the Edward Scissorhands of dinosaurs, is a popular contender.
Watch Paleontologists Dissect a T-Rex With a Chainsaw
'T. rex Autopsy' premieres on the National Geographic Channel tonight.
Scientists Reconstruct the Life of a Bronze Age Sun-Worshipping Priestess
The iconic remains of the Egtved Girl take a ride in a spectrometer.
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Were Around a Long Time Before Our Antibiotics
But antibiotic overuse isn't off the hook.
The Sahara Desert Is Twice as Old as Previously Thought
Once upon a time, North Africa was a lush, vegetated landscape.