Field crews in Wyoming uncovered not one but four snake fossils so intact that their skulls, ribs, and tails lay in ...

In 1861, scientists discovered Archaeopteryx, a dinosaur with feathers, in 150 million-year-old limestones in Solnhofen, Germany. They didn’t ...

The internal structures of Maba 1 show a combination of morphological features found in various species,” scientists stated ...

What happened to all the megafauna? From moas to mammoths, many large animals went extinct between 50 and 10,000 years ago.

What happened to all the megafauna? From moas to mammoths, many large animals went extinct between 50 and 10,000 years ago. Learning why could provide ...

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Surprising new fossil evidence undermines the idea that there was ever a mass extinction on land – and may force us to ...

Early birds were nesting in the cold landscape of the Arctic during the age of the dinosaurs, according to a new study ...

Learn more about the ancient footprints found in Greece, which could upend theories on hominin emigration from Africa.

A 183-million-year-old fossil with preserved skin and scales is rewriting everything we thought we knew about how ancient sea ...

The Chicago Archaeopteryx provides rare 3D insights into skull evolution, soft tissue structure, and the first evidence of ...

Fossil tracks from Australia reveal reptiles appeared 40 million years earlier than thought. The origin of reptiles on Earth ...