Feathered dinosaurs were annoyed by tiny pests that are still familiar to many schoolchildren -- and their horrified parents -- today: lice. Scientists discovered previously unknown tiny insects ...

Artist‘s reconstruction of Mesophthirus engeli of elder development stage feeding on the dinosaur feathers from mid-Cretaceous amber. Chen Wang Anyone who’s had to deal with a lice infestation knows ...

While most paleontologists dig up prehistoric bones from the ground, Lida Xing hunts for fossils in the amber markets of Myanmar. In 2015, he made a remarkable find: Trapped in what looked like golden ...

An FBI special agent was shot by a booby-trapped wheelchair in a house rigged with explosive devices in southern Oregon. “I’m hit!” the federal agent yelled as he profusely bled from his leg, the ...

Lady Gaga had viewers of the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Paris tickled pink. The Oscar-winning singer, 38, performed a rendition of the French song “Mon Truc En Plume,” or “My Thing Made ...

Ticks sucked the blood of feathered dinosaurs some 99 million years ago, a new study suggests. Modern ticks are infamous for biting humans and other mammals. But ticks are very ancient, and scientists ...

The incident unfolded at Cheesie’s Pub & Grub in Lakeview and, according to Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, a delivery person noticed the hawk and contacted the monitors. Pope Francis, the first ...