A research team from the University of Manitoba has discovered a new genus of placoderm fish, named Elmosteus lundarensis, one of the earliest fish to develop bones, a jaw and teeth.

Top of Claire Allen’s list was the charming village of Staithes in North Yorkshire. She said the view alone, looking down ...

What did long-necked dinosaurs eat—and where did they roam to satisfy their hunger? A team of researchers has reconstructed ...

A Ceratosaurus fossil that is one of only four known to exist has sold for $30.5 million at auction. The rare dinosaur fossil ...

If a day trip is more suitable, consider the Dorset Heavy Horse Farm Park, where families can feed rare-breed heavy horses, ...

It's another meteoric rise for what's called the largest piece of Mars on Earth. The 54-pound rock fetched nearly $5.3 ...

A new study has uncovered evidence that a giant marine reptile from the Early Jurassic period used stealth to hunt its prey in deep or dark waters—much like owls on land today.

The evolutionary quirks unveiled by the new research offer insight into how a subset of ichthyosaurs lived and hunted– and ...

Late afternoon sunlight illuminates the base of a coast redwood along the Redwood Grove Loop Trail at Henry Cowell Redwoods ...

A thrilling fossil discovery on England’s Jurassic Coast has revealed a brand-new species of prehistoric mammal, thanks to ...

A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

We won the dinosaur lottery,” says curator James Hagadorn, who helped ID the 67.5-million-year-old bit of bone.