Molecules from the 20-million-year-old teeth of a rhino relative are among the oldest ever sequenced, opening tantalizing ...

Researchers have extracted 2-million-year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus teeth to reveal biological sex and genetic variability.

The conodont Wurmiella excavata was said to have had razor-sharp structures that processed prey from left to right, rather ...

BHOPAL: Vatsala, perhaps the oldest elephant on Earth, breathed her last on Tuesday afternoon, following age-related health issues at Madhya Pradesh’s Panna Tig ...

Proteins, a cell's molecular machinery, also offer valuable information and have the virtue of surviving much longer, as new research shows.

The climate we live in affects our lives in profound ways: hot summers, cold winters, dry spells and wet weather all leave ...

The oldest protein fragments ever recovered have been extracted from fossilised teeth found in Kenya's Rift Valley, revealing ...

Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...