New research on the preserved gut contents of Microraptor reveals a more varied diet than previously believed. An international team of scientists discovered a rare…
Scientists from China, Germany, and the UK led by Prof. LIU Feng from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of…
Fossilized eggshells from Gifu Prefecture, Japan, dating back to the Early Cretaceous period, reveal previously unknown egg species from a small theropod dinosaur. Dinosaurs left…
Research conducted by the University of Liège sheds new light on the mechanisms behind the bites of saber-toothed carnivores. Narimane Chatar, a Ph.D. student at…
A study led by The University of Texas at Austin is providing a glimpse into dinosaur and bird diversity in Patagonia during the Late Cretaceous,…
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have uncovered new insights into the physiology of our earliest animal ancestors by studying the contents of the…
A mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades has been solved regarding ancient tetrapods, which were amphibian-like creatures that lived more than 300 million years…
A study led by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and the Institute of Geoscience (IGEO, CSIC-UCM) has uncovered two well-preserved species of marine worms…
New discovery of sunscreen-like chemicals in fossil plants reveals UV radiation played a part in mass extinction events. New research has uncovered that pollen preserved…
A new study reveals a significant loss of diversity during the Ediacaran Period, which lasted from 635 million to 540 million years ago. According to…
A tiny clam, previously only known from fossil records, has been discovered alive in the tidepools of Santa Barbara by researchers from the University of…
A fossil discovery from Scotland has provided new information on the early evolution of lizards, during the time of the dinosaurs. The tiny skeleton discovered…
Pterosaurs were a group of flying reptiles that lived during the dinosaur era, from the Late Triassic period (227 million years ago) until the end-Cretaceous…
Landmark study reveals that dinosaurs dominated the world right up until a deadly asteroid hit Earth, leading to their mass extinction, around 66 million years…
Insects today are causing unprecedented levels of damage to plants, even as insect numbers decline, according to new research led by scientists from the University…
A geobiologist from Göttingen University has found a diversity of patterns in 240 million-year-old seashells. UV light allows you to view intricate structures in fossils…
Ancient Iowan superpredator got big by front-loading its growth in its youth. Fossils found only at the Field Museum reveal the growth history of Whatcheeria….
According to a new study, fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system solve a century-old debate over how the brain…
