Animals were an unavoidable part of the environment that forged ancient civilizations, which lay beneath the modern world. Their remains could hint at ancient beliefs, traditions, and practices that ...

Newly discovered evidence of Australia’s earliest species of tree frog challenges what we know about when Australian and South American frogs parted ways on the evolutionary tree. Previously, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the Cretaceous forests of ancient Madagascar, one frog ...