Most fossils, plant or animal, are found either in temperate climates or in isolated niches in the tropics, such as deserts or high altitudes, where wind blows away sand and stone to expose ancient ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the humid swamps of what is now Colombia, there was once ...

Scientists in western India have uncovered fossil remains of a gargantuan prehistoric snake that may have been one of the largest ever to slither across the planet. Dubbed Vasuki indicus, the snake is ...