Newly found 120-million-year-old crocodile ancestor was built like a tank
It had the body of a croc, the armor plate of an armadillo, the head of a bird and the ...
It had the body of a croc, the armor plate of an armadillo, the head of a bird and the ...
Damien Boschetto found a nearly complete dinosaur skeleton in France -- which is extremely rare -- while walking his pooch.
This unusual discovery bridges a gap in the evolutionary story of felines.
This fossil is at least 21 million years older than the previous oldest find.
This exciting find was discovered among fossils previously labelled as T. rex.
The microfossils in Australia contain the earliest evidence of photosynthesis-related structures.
Oldest fossil mosquito found in Lebanese amber suggests ancient males also fed on blood, revising our knowledge of mosquito evolution.
It's the first example of a habitat-selective creature from the Ediacaran Period.
The tooth is almost two million years old.
Sometimes, doing yard work is very conducive to science.
Not bad for a Fossil Friday!
It's safe to say that mountaintops are not the usual place where you'd find marine fossils.
The fossil was discovered in 1975 in North Dakota alongside a Triceratops.
This specimen pushes the history of squids, cuttlefish, and octopi back by over 80 million years.
The auction, although a commercial success, raises questions about whether fossils should be up for sale.
Early birds get fossilized!
"If it doesn't work, build bigger" is a tried and true maxim.
These are only the second and third species of spinosaurids discovered in the UK.
Maybe one was a young Picasso
Turtle eggs are usually small and fragile -- but this one was big and tough.
Now we need to confirm that these were indeed sea sponges.
Not a mean feat at all.
The history of bats is surprisingly mysterious. These teeth keep that tradition.
Gives Florida man a run for his money.
The odds of a fossil being near you is never quite zero.
Parents everywhere can probably relate.
They nicknamed it 'Monkeydactyl', just in case you thought researchers act like adults.
Sometimes, not adapting is the best adaptation.
This would make cephalopods one of the earliest multicellular organisms on the planet.
A bizzare, never-before-seen form of preservation could shed new light on a primeval type of bird.
So, uhm, what have you done lately?
“He’s just big-boned, alright?”
New research on fossilized snake remains unearthed in Germany points to our favorite constrictor snake having evolved in Europe. Today, ...
It had an interesting, spiral-like arrangement.
Geologically speaking, Ireland is not conducive to finding dinosaur fossils.
The fossils were at first (mistakenly) identified as being an ancient chameleon.
Sometimes, it's best to admit that we simply don't know the right answer (yet).
Imagine how many nuggets you could make from one of these.
In the end, it didn’t live up to the name!
Not all mummies are human.
This was one strange beast... Well, two beasts.
A foray millions of years into the past.
Better understanding of such fossils lets us peer into the geological past.
The dinosaur belonged to a family of pterodactyls called tapejarids.
The fossil is around 75 million years older than the oldest millipede we've found before.
All European corporations have made pledges but they have been overstated, study claims.
Fossilized behaviors are extremely rare finds.