Mosasaurs were enormous reptiles best known for ruling ancient oceans more than 66 million years…
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Paleontology is the scientific study of life in Earth’s past, primarily through the analysis of fossils—remains, traces, or impressions of ancient organisms preserved in rock. By uncovering and interpreting these remnants, paleontologists reconstruct evolutionary histories, ecosystems, and environmental changes that have occurred over millions of years. This field bridges geology and biology, shedding light on everything from the age of dinosaurs to the earliest microbial life. Explore this page for the latest fossil discoveries, analytical techniques, and insights into how ancient life helps us understand both the past and the future of our planet.
Fossils can reveal far more than the shapes of ancient creatures. Molecules preserved inside old…
A rare dinosaur discovery sheds new light on the evolution of flight. Fossils of dinosaurs…
Researchers at the newly discovered site reported finding more than one hundred vertebrate fossils per…
New University of Maryland research suggests that dinosaur parenting strategies helped transform the Mesozoic world,…
New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing…
A 430-million-year-old fossil has pushed the origin of leeches back by more than 200 million…
New research has overturned decades of uncertainty by showing that Nanotyrannus was a fully grown…
More than 20 million years ago, ancient sea cows shaped the Arabian Gulf’s seagrass meadows…
Scientists at the University of Leicester have uncovered two remarkable new fossils, tiny prehistoric pterosaurs…
Fossil evidence from Venezuela shows that anacondas reached their giant size more than 12 million…
A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight…
A newly identified fossil snake reveals clues about early advanced snake evolution. Its mixed traits…
An international group of geologists and paleontologists has developed a new method to accurately determine…
Scientists have uncovered evidence of a colossal shark that lived off northern Australia about 115…
A study with IPHES CERCA redefines the role of scavenging in human evolution and shows…
MIT researchers traced chemical fossils in ancient rocks back to the ancestors of today’s demosponges.…
The discovery of Australia’s oldest known crocodile eggshells is giving UNSW scientists new insight into…