Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the ...

Paleontology has just reached a major milestone with the discovery of intact proteins in fossils dating back to the Miocene. This breakthrough, published in Nature, is based on the analysis ...

A strange crest found on ancient reptile fossils suggests birds and dinosaurs may not have the exclusive lock on feather-like features.

Professor Maria McNamara, leader of the UCC team and co-author of the study, told The Irish Times that the fossils were ...

A delicate, innocuous little fossil reptile known as Mirasaura grauvogeli – “Grauvogel’s wonder reptile” – is forcing a ...

Two exceptionally well preserved reptile skeletons dating back to the Triassic period have totally rewritten our understanding of the evolution of skin appendages such as feathers and hair. Known as ...

In the rodent family tree, deer mice separated from the ancestors of house mice and rats about 25 million years ago. By some ...

Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating ...

An international team of researchers has published a breakthrough study in the journal Nature showing that early reptiles from the Triassic period had unique structures growing from its skin that ...

Dolphins and orcas belong to the group of cetaceans, which includes whales and porpoises. All cetaceans are descended from ...