Two paleontologists working on the world-renowned Burgess Shale have revealed a new species, called Mollisonia…
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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.
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…
A study to be published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
A new oviraptorosaur species from the Late Cretaceous was discovered in Mongolia, according to a…
Paleontologists from Russia have described a new dinosaur, the Volgatitan. Seven of its vertebrae, which…
Burnt toast and dinosaur bones have a common trait, according to a new, Yale-led study.…
A new animal species related to crabs and shrimp, preserved in 430-million-year-old rocks in Herefordshire,…
A new study says the colors found in modern birds’ eggs did not evolve independently,…
It took less than 30,000 years and maybe only thousands, to kill more than 90%…
Insect pollination played an important role in the evolution of angiosperms. Little is known, however,…
Yale paleontologist Derek Briggs was part of a research team that identified Thanahita distos, a…
An international team of paleontologists and other geoscientists has discovered the first North American co-occurrence…