Prehistoric squirrel droppings were analyzed and found to contain genetic material of numerous ice-age beasts, plants, ...

A treasure trove of prehistoric squirrel poop is painting a picture of a lost world. Some of the oldest DNA ever discovered ...

Tracks left by some of the earliest complex animals are giving new insights into how they experienced the world. New research ...

Caption: Arctic ground squirrels play a key role in Arctic ecosystems — aerating soil, dispersing seeds, and providing a crucial food source for predators — helping to maintain the balance of life in ...

When most people imagine paleontologists at work, they likely envision researchers investigating giant dinosaur fossils or a ...

Ancient animal history is extremely difficult to reconstruct, for a number of reasons. Some of the earliest creatures in existence were soft-bodied and microscopic, leaving behind very little evidence ...

A groundbreaking new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in jellyfish and sea anemones, among the earliest creatures ...

The Burgess Shale in British Columbia is renowned for its exceptional preservation of soft tissues in fossils, including limbs and guts. While trilobites are abundant in the fossil record thanks to ...

Frozen deep beneath the Yukon’s permafrost, small pellets left behind by ancient ground squirrels have preserved a record of ...

In a new study, fossilized droppings suggested that ancient ground squirrels ate the meat of much larger animals, including ...

Across the sandstone cliffs of eastern Utah, rock art panels bearing large-eyed, elaborately adorned humanoid figures ...