Analysis of the fossil suggests that the only two egg-laying mammals, platypuses and land-based echidnas, both descended from ...

Fossils of footprints over 160 million years old have helped paleontologists at the University of Leicester to narrow down ...

A recent study published in Papers in Palaeontology describes the discovery and identification of a new species of ...

The creatures, which resembled bizarre pandas, used the appendages for foraging.

Fossils of Tiktaalik roseae blended fins with hints of limbs and sported a flat head suited for peering above the waterline.

Fossils were first discovered in the country in the 18th century, but interest in paleontology was turbocharged in the 1950s, when researchers found a large cache of dinosaur eggs in the stony ...

Therapsids, the ancient relatives of mammals, once roamed Earth in great numbers during the middle to late Permian period.

The National Park Service (NPS) called the paleontological discovery at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument ...

Daniel Apai receives funding for astrobiology research from NASA, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that ...

Authorities are investigating the discovery of suspected human remains near the shore in Long Beach Friday morning. The discovery was made around 9:30 a.m. on the beach adjacent to the 2100 block ...

known as trace fossils, left by prehistoric birds, mammals, lizards and invertebrates. The research found the impressions were the first known fossil tracks of birds and lizards at the monument in ...

The fossil, named Keurbos susanae, was found in South Africa's Soom Shale. Unusually, it's preserved inside-out, showcasing muscles and guts while lacking its carapace, head and legs. Its exact ...