An 11-year-old’s beachside discovery has stunned scientists and triggered a major rewrite of prehistoric history. Buried ...

Palaeontologists reported some remarkable dinosaur fossils this year, including a Velociraptor relative, a dome-headed pachycephalosaur and one of the most heavily armoured creatures that ever lived ...

High in the Italian Alps, not far from where skiers and snowboarders will soon chase medals, scientists have confirmed one of ...

Over 50 Triassic coelacanth fossils of mawsoniid, found mislabeled in British museums, show these ancient fish thrived in ...

Discover how 210‑million‑year‑old dinosaur footprints in Stelvio National Park illuminate prosauropod behavior and today’s Alpine landscape.

In the north of Italy, high up on a rocky cliff face, a casual observation has revealed one of the greatest discoveries of ...

UChicago paleontologists use CT scanning and simulations to show how a 250-million-year-old mammal predecessor could hear ...

The prints were discovered on a near-vertical rock face 2,000 metres above sea level, which was once the floor of a warm ...

A golden era in dinosaur science is driving this fascination with dinosaurs. Around 1,400 dinosaur species are now known from ...

One of the most important steps in the evolution of modern mammals was the development of highly sensitive hearing. The middle ear of mammals, with an eardrum and several small bones, allows us to ...

One of the most important steps in the evolution of modern mammals was the development of highly sensitive hearing. The middle ear of mammals, with an eardrum and several small bones, allows us to ...

Paleontologists from UChicago use CT scanning and software simulations to show how a 250-million-year-old mammal predecessor could hear like modern mammals.