(Click image for full view.) This is an artist impression of Titanichthys. Credit: Mark Witton (used with permission) Scientists from the University of Bristol and…
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An illustration of Calcaivis, an early relative of ostriches and cassowaries that lived 52 million years ago, showing its iridescent feathers. Credit: Velizar Simeonovski Cassowaries…
The image was drawn from a complete, 3-dimensional fossil discovered in Madagascar. The unusually large mammal, named Adalatherium, is part of a group of mammals…
Two Spinosaurus hunt Onchopristis, a prehistoric sawfish, in the waters of the Kem Kem river system in what is now Morocco. Credit: Jason Treat, NG…
Predators abound on land, in the air and in water some 95 million years on the shores of northern Africa — as shown by the…
The Broken Hill (Kabwe 1) skull is one of the best-preserved fossils of Homo heidelbergensis. Credit: Natural History Museum London. Griffith University scientists have led…
Artist’s rendering of Ikaria wariootia. Credit: Sohail Wasif/UCR A wormlike creature that lived more than 555 million years ago is the earliest bilaterian. A team…
[embedded content] An ancient fossil found in Canada reveals new insights into how the human hand evolved from fish fins. An ancient Elpistostege fish fossil…
Artist’s impression of dinosaurs on prehistoric mudflat. Credit: Jon Hoad They are among the most recognizable dinosaurs … now paleontologists have discovered that stegosaurs left…
A tiny lizard forefoot of the genus Anolis is trapped in amber that is about 15 to 20 million years old. Credit: © Jonas Barthel…
The fossilized leaves belonging to the Welwitschiophyllum plant. Credit: University of Portsmouth A remarkable new treasure has been found by scientists from the University of…
A fossilized cloudinomorph from the Montgomery Mountains near Pahrump, Nevada. This is representative of the fossil that was analyzed in the study. Credit: University of…
Map of North America during the Cenomanian age (96 million years ago) showing the four turtle families newly discovered at the Arlington Archosaur Site (AAS).…
The specimen will be stripped of the scientific name Mongolarachne chaoyangensis and rechristened as a crayfish. Credit: Selden et al. A ‘Jackalope’ of an Ancient…
Illustration of an allosaurus. Credit: Óscar Sanisidro © Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont Dinosaur footprints found in several European countries, very similar to others…
A Northwestern University researcher stands on the Lopez de Bertodano Formation, a well-preserved, fossil-rich area on the west side of Seymour Island in Antarctica. Credit:…
New fossils of an ancient legged snake, called Najash, shed light on the origin of the slithering reptiles. Credit: Raúl Gómez New fossils of an…
These are computer models based on X-ray tomographic microscopy of the fossils, showing the successive stages of development. Credit: Philip Donoghue and Zongjun Yin Animal…
A life-like structure created in the lab by chemical gardening. Credit: Sean McMahon The search for evidence of life on Mars could be helped by…
Hannah’s skull. Credit: Scott Persons. University of Alberta paleontologists uncover spiky skull—and overturn long-standing assumptions in identifying horned dinosaurs. A team of researchers at the…