Most bats patrol the night sky in search of insects. New World leaf-nosed bats take a different approach. Among the more than 200 species of… Read More »20-million-year-old bat fossil challenges theory of South American origins
Fossils of pony-sized duckbill dinosaurs from Morocco have been discovered by an international team of scientists. Their analysis reveals a surprising connection between the dinosaurs… Read More »Duckbilled dinosaurs discovered in Morocco, traveled across Tethys Sea millions of years ago
A groundbreaking discovery has emerged from an international collaboration of Earth scientists, evolutionary biologists, and paleontologists: the unearthing of an ancient frog carrying a belly… Read More »100-million-year-old frog fossil found with eggs
Paleontology enthusiasts have unearthed one of the world’s richest and most diverse fossil sites from the Lower Ordovician period (around 470 million years ago). Located… Read More »World’s richest lower ordovician fossil site reveals ancient climate refuge in France
A new species of pterosaur from specimens found on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, has been announced by scientists from the Natural History Museum, University… Read More »New pterosaur discovered on Isle of Skye
In the fossil record, trees typically are preserved with only their trunks. They don’t usually include any leaves to show what their canopies and overall… Read More »350-million-year-old fossil offers new Insights into plant evolution with its bizarre crown shape
It is too soon to claim that the common ancestor of dinosaurs had feathers, according to research by scientists at the Natural History Museum, Royal… Read More »Study suggests most dinosaurs may have been scaly
Published today, our new paper describes a spectacular 400 million-year-old 3D-preserved fossil fish, Ligulalepis. The 3D anatomy of the fossilised Ligulalepis skull reveals previously unknown details of the pattern of… Read More »400-million-year-old fish reveals secrets of our bones
Vertebrates are defined as all animals that possess a vertebral column, or backbone. Most living vertebrates also possess jaws, teeth and paired fins or limbs.… Read More »365-million-year-old fish with world’s longest underbite sheds light on vertebrate evolution
“On the Origin of Species” stands as one of the most influential and groundbreaking works in the history of science. Published by Charles Darwin in… Read More »On the Origin of Species
Evolutionary biologists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report they have combined PET scans of modern pigeons along with studies of dinosaur fossils to help answer an… Read More »Bird flight takes off in the cerebellum
Gliding winged-reptiles were among the ancient crocodile residents of the Mendip Hills in Somerset, researchers at the University of Bristol have revealed. Kuehneosaurs looked like… Read More »Late triassic reptile diversity revealed in mendip hills fossils
Were dinosaurs already on their way out when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago, ending the Cretaceous, the geologic period that started about 145… Read More »New dino discovery shakes up asteroid extinction theory
In a groundbreaking study published in Science Advances, Professor Zhu Maoyan, leading a team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology at the Chinese… Read More »Oldest multicellular fossils found in China
Nigersaurus is a fascinating dinosaur that roamed the Earth during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 115 to 105 million years ago. This unique herbivorous dinosaur… Read More »Nigersaurus
Researchers have identified a 3D fragment of fossilized skin that is at least 21 million years than previously described skin fossils. The skin, which belonged… Read More »286-million-year-old skin fossil offers glimpse into early reptile evolution
To clarify the early evolutionary history of Cicadoidea fossils, the phylogenetic relationships between Mesozoic fossils and extant Cicadoidea, the macroevolution of body structure adaptations, and… Read More »Earliest evidence of Cicada sound production
The sun has just set on a quiet mudflat in Australia’s Northern Territory; it’ll set again in another 19 hours. A young moon looms large… Read More »Ancient fossils reveal diverse microbial world 1.6 billion years old
Hiding in the shadows, euglenoids are a fascinating group of single-celled protists that are neither plant nor animal. Plants photosynthesize, and animals eat. Euglenoids do… Read More »Tiny euglenoids hold 400 million years of secrets
An ancient species of great ape was likely driven to extinction hundreds of thousands of years ago when climate change put their favorite fruits out… Read More »Giant ape extinction linked to climate change and food shortages