The first fossil pangolin trackway in the world has been identified on South Africa’s southern Cape coast. It was initially [ ...

Researchers created 3D models of ancient tracks in Oregon’s John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. The study revealed a ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

Why do some ancient animals become fossils while others disappear without a trace? A new study reveals that part of the answer lies in the body itself. The research shows that an animal's size and ...

Why do some ancient animals become fossils while others disappear without a trace? A new study from the University of ...

A joint research team has discovered a fossil belonging to a previously unknown genus and species of mammal in the Late ...

“This is why we find so many prehistoric ocean animals, like mosasaurs, ammonites, clams of all kinds and even megalodon ...

The ancestors of today’s crocodylians survived two mass extinction events. A new study has revealed a key factor behind their ...

For decades, scientists could not agree on whether to classify the Dickinsonia as an animal or not — until this new study ...

The skeletons of over 100 prehistoric rhinos have been found at Ashfall Fossil Beds in northeast Nebraska, but why were there ...

Researchers have unearthed fossils of massive freshwater crayfish that once scuttled through the lakes of southern New ...

Fossils are much more than just bones, the researchers emphasised. Some of the most impressive finds contained the remains of ...