Rare skull of 8-foot-long gar discovered in University of Chicago-Field Museum paleontology course. Each summer,…
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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.
Isolation, extreme weather, and the possible arrival of humans may have killed off the holocene…
An international research team led by Giuseppe Marramà from the Institute of Paleontology of the…
If “Why?” is the first question in science, “Why not?” must be a close second.…
While most people imagine alligators and crocodiles as being much the same now as they…
University of Missouri scientists created one of the first 3D models showing how ligaments and…
Western Australia’s famous 3.5-billion-year-old stromatolites contain microbial remains of some of the earliest life on…
If you could travel back in time 100,000 years, you’d find yourself living among multiple…
A new study by a University of Arkansas anthropologist suggests feeding habits of an extinct…
A prehistoric crocodile that lived around 180 million years ago has been identified — almost…
Two paleontologists working on the world-renowned Burgess Shale have revealed a new species, called Mollisonia…
Fossilized flies that lived 54 million years ago have revealed a surprising twist to the…
The most complete skull of a duck-billed dinosaur from Big Bend National Park, Texas, is…
A surprise discovery in a Crimean cave suggests that early Europeans lived alongside some of…
Academics used to tease paleontologists, saying that while dinosaurs appeal to children, they won’t answer…
About 400 million years ago, vertebrates first began to crawl from the primordial seas onto…
A new relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex – much smaller than the huge, ferocious dinosaur…
The crab family just got a bunch of new cousins, including a 95-million-year-old species that…