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 from the University of ...

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

A team of scientists found prehistoric animal footprints that indicate how creatures behaved in Oregon as far back as 50 ...

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

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

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

Sebecids had a narrow and deep skull, superficially resembling that of a meat-eating dinosaur. Their teeth were similar to ...

Fossilized footprints and tracks dating back 50 million years ago discovered at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument ...

Imagine hiking through New Zealand’s wild Fiordland, mist curling around ancient peaks, waterfalls thundering into ...

Think of a giant crocodile, almost built like a greyhound. It is so tall that some species could even be 20 feet in length.

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