A fossil skull barely 1 inch long has proved to be a newborn reptile from Brazil’s Late Triassic, a period more than 230 million years ago when early reptiles dominated land ecosystems. Its tiny jaw ...

In a famous fossil bed in Brazil, researchers have discovered a new treasure of ...

"It's a really strange animal, and the weird twist in the jaw drove us crazy trying to figure it out." ...

In a study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, researchers Dr. Giovanna M. X. Paixão and her colleagues ...

Biologists identify a new species of "living fossil" chiton through cutting-edge mitochondrial genome sequencing.

Hidden beneath the world's oceans are seashells so rare they have only been discovered a handful of times. For serious conchologists and collectors, finding one of these elusive treasures is the ...

Spain discovers four 72-million-year-old dinosaur eggs in Guadalajara, preserved like authentic “time capsules.” ...

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Three local authority pension funds have joined an international coalition of investors to file fossil fuel-related shareholder resolutions at oil giants BP and Shell. Lothian Pension Fund, Falkirk ...

At the end of the Cretaceous Period, a type of giant reptile called mosasaurs occupied and dominated oceanic food webs. Mosasaurs had long bodies and were related to both snakes and monitor lizards.

The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds. By Alexa Robles-Gil Millions of years ago, squid-like creatures called ammonites swam ...