Fossils
A new skull discovery in China is shaking up human origins research
The history of our own species has just had a major shake-up.
Most complete dome-headed dinosaur fossil ever discovered
A new species of dome-headed dinosaur is the oldest of its kind.
Scientists have described two new species of ancient fungi from the age of dinosaurs
Origins of the parasitic fungus that inspired The Last of Us revealed.
A 240-million-year-old Chinese dragon’s fossils found in China
This research has made it possible to fully describe the bizarre, very impressive animal for the first time.
Were dinosaurs doomed and already on their way out before the asteroid hit?
It’s been a subject of debate for more than 30 years.
New fossil carnivoran mammals unearthed in the Himalayan foothills
The Siwaliks, part of the outer Himalayas, span Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Fossils found here reveal a rich diversity of mammals that lived...
Mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction
Many mammals were already shifting toward a more ground-based lifestyle.
Researchers discovered a 62-million-year-old skeleton of Mixodectes pungens
Ancient Mammal Mystery Solved: Mixodectes’ Fossil Sheds Light on Primate Evolution
Oldest Megaraptorid fossils and first Carcharodontosaurs in Australia unearthed
Australia’s first carcharodontosaur fossils unearthed along Victoria’s Cretaceous coast.
Discovery of the oldest Jurassic fossils sheds light on bird origin
The fossils provide the evidence yet that birds were diversified by the end of the Jurassic period.
An important new fossil of the oldest known modern bird
New clues delve into the age-old question: Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck?
A rare Pterosaur fossil has a Crocodile bite mark on its neck bone
This fascinating find was made in Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada.
Researchers discovered two ancient mollusks’ fossils of ‘Punk’ and ‘Emo’
Ancient molluscs were more complex and adaptable than previously known.
Scientist discovered world’s oldest ancestor of mammals in Mallorca
The fossil animal lived between 270 and 280 million years ago.
Dinosaur teeth revealed how they roamed East Sussex 135 million years ago
Tyrannosaur teeth discovered in Bexhill-on-Sea with help of retired quarryman.
Researchers reconfirm fossil as the world’s oldest modern lizard
A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed.
The mystery of the ‘Dinky’ dinosaur’s unusually long stride solved
UMD paleontologist helped recreate the movements of a bird-sized raptor.
The symbiotic relationship of Coral dates back 385 million years old
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz used nitrogen isotope analysis of 2 extinct groups of coral fossils, tabulate and Rugos. They...
Biologists are using palaeo-inspired robots to demonstrate the evolution
As the transition from water to land is the most significant event in the history of life on the Earth, a group of researchers...
Exploring Southern Europe’s climate history through fossils
Fossils found the oldest known evidence of the straight-tusked elephant and the red deer in Europe.
Exploring the fascinating world of cretaceous birds
New fossil species reveal diverse body sizes and lifestyles of birds before mass extinction.
Extinct species may have inspired South African rock art
Research compares 1800s painting of tusked animal by San people to local fossils.
New fossil fish species unearthed in Western Australia tied to Earth’s crust movement
New fossil fish on plate tectonics map.
A new sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous discovered in the Iberian Peninsula
Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra.