Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known example of a squid-like creature attacking its prey,…
Browsing: Paleontology
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.
Researchers have discovered an ancient plant species whose reproductive biology captures the evolution from one…
Adalatherium identified as part of enigmatic Southern Hemisphere mammalian group that lived at the time…
International team of researchers, led by David Krause, senior paleontologist at Denver Museum of Nature…
Paleontologist and National Geographic Explorer finds unique swimming adaptations in a dinosaur. Scientists have long…
A new way of looking at marine evolution over the past 540 million years has…
The Kem Kem beds in Morocco are famous for the spectacular fossils found there, including…
100 million years ago, ferocious predators, including flying reptiles and crocodile-like hunters, made the Sahara…
International team of researchers traces the history of brain evolution from tyrannosaurs to modern crows.…
Pterosaurs were the largest animals ever to fly. They soared the skies for 160 million…
The discovery helps date the transatlantic migration to about 34 million years ago, around the…
Study pinpoints minimum survivable size of Jurassic crocodiles. Taking the evolutionary plunge into water and…
Researchers open a window onto ancient mammal evolution using fossils from Germany. The former coalfield…
A topic of considerable interest to paleontologists is how dinosaur-dominated ecosystems were structured, how dinosaurs…
Our Direct Human Ancestor — Homo Erectus — Is Older Than We Thought An unusual…
Beer stein-shaped distant relative of modern clams captured snapshots of hot days in the late…
Researchers have found evidence of rainforests near the South Pole 90 million years ago, suggesting…
New dates for fossils indicate land animal turnover extended for hundreds of thousands of years.…