A tiny spider frozen in 100-million-year-old amber is changing what scientists thought they knew about spider evolution. This prehistoric creature had spinnerets like modern spiders, but also a long ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Humanity’s understanding of life was forever altered when ...

Imagine digging up a fossil that completely rewrites what scientists thought they knew about prehistoric life. Some dinosaur discoveries have done exactly that, revealing feathers on creatures we ...