The massive land animals were killed off by illnesses and parasites, say the authors of a new book who looked at disease-carrying insects trapped for millions of years in amber.
Critics worry the new, super-low-cost car from India's Tata Motors—costing about $2,500—will cause more traffic and pollution by making car ownership affordable to millions more.
Merging black holes can shoot off in unexpected directions, scientists say—just one of several new findings shedding light on the mysterious, superdense objects.
Despite more than a million years evolving in the dark, cavefish from different populations can birth sighted offspring in a single generation, scientists have found.
Seven rare albino alligators recently disappeared from a Brazilian zoo. Authorities suspect smugglers stole the reptiles, which are valued at more than $9,000 each.
Australia has seen some extreme weather-related events this week—from unusually foamy ocean water on a New South Wales beach to bushfires in the country's west.
First a python eats an alligator (and explodes), then another swallows a pregnant sheep (but not for long), and yet another ingests an electric blanket. Now this.
A chemical trick has triggered a co-evolutionary arms race between parasitic Alcon blue butterflies and Myrmica rubra ants in Denmark, a new study says.
