A scientific research team on Saturday revealed the discovery of fossilized tracks left by prehistoric creatures in northwest China dating back hundreds of ...

The discovery of these jaws with blunt, mushroom-shaped teeth reveals how this Late Cretaceous predator specialized in crushing shells.

Unusual tusks on preserved skulls of dicynodonts influenced the look of a mythical beast painted by Southern Africa’s San people, a researcher suspects.

The reign of the dinosaurs lasted around 180 million years. Where, exactly, is 180 million years’ worth of dinosaur poo? The ...

Rex might have been 70% heavier than what the fossil evidence ... Aug. 26, 2024 — An international team of paleontologists has found matching sets of Early Cretaceous dinosaur footprints on what ...

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has criticised the previous Conservative government as “climate dinosaurs” as he gave his first major speech since being appointed to the position.

A study of a bizarre prehistoric bird's fossilized remains has uncovered fascinating new details regarding its behavior. Living around 120 million years ago, the species, Longipteryx chaoyangensis, is ...

Meet Horridus — one of the most complete Triceratops fossils ever discovered. Found in Montana, Horridus at Melbourne Museum in Australia in the new exhibit "Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs." The ...

Today, the living coelacanth Latimeria (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) is an iconic, so-called ‘living fossil’ within one of the ...

There are stories and myths about dragons from everywhere--from Europe to China to Australia to the Americas. Couldn't there be some reality behind the myth?

Are the world's oldest 'living fossil' coelacanths still evolving? Groundbreaking fossil research links plate tectonics with ...

Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction—and plate tectonics also seems to play a key ...