A roundworm thawed from 46,000-year-old permafrost recently started having babies. Scientists have previously revived ancient bacteria and prehistoric viruses that had been trapped. Experts say these ...

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WASHINGTON — In a steamy tropical forest 46 million years ago, a prehistoric mosquito bit a critter, drew blood and was blown into a lake in what is now northwestern Montana. Belly full, she died and ...

An ancient virus that has tagged along harmlessly through human evolution appears to improve people's chances of surviving AIDS by blocking HIV's ability to infect blood cells, new research shows.

When we think of pollinating insects, bees, butterflies, or flies usually come to mind — but rarely true bugs. Yet it seems that in the past, they also played an important role in plant pollination. A ...

Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star ...

Inky stains found in fossils of 500-million-year-old bug-like creatures may be beautifully preserved, symmetrical brain tissue. The fossil find may help lay a heated scientific controversy to rest — ...