A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton discovered in Patagonia is helping scientists crack the mystery of alvarezsaurs, a bizarre group of bird-like dinosaurs. The fossil of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis ...

BEIJING -- A China-led study has reported the discovery of amphibian track fossils in Middle Jurassic strata in Beijing, the first such record in Asia. The research has been published online in the ...

Professor Loren E. Babcock examines the key processes of fossilization in paleontology, highlighting the critical role of ...

Scientists analyze fossils and vocal tract models to reconstruct what the languages of prehistoric humans may have sounded like.

Dominican amber preserves a 16-million-year-old ant queen, marking the first fossil evidence of Hypoponera in the Americas.

Researchers have uncovered 300-million-year-old reptile skin impressions in Germany, the oldest direct evidence of reptile ...

New genomic research suggests our species descended from a deep fusion between two ancient lineages — one of them a mysterious “ghost.” ...

Early paleo art played a major role in shaping how prehistoric animals were imagined by the public Many illustrations were based on limited fossils and assumptions that later research overturned ...

A fossil found by a 12-year-old in Beijing has filled a major gap in Asia’s Middle Jurassic record, marking the first confirmed amphibian footprint from the period. The findings were published last ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 1958, an Australian teenager named Bruce Runnegar uncovered a ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...