The ape-like human ancestor Australopithecus—perhaps best known from the iconic fossil ‘Lucy’—might not have had much meat on ...

AN INCREDIBLE nine million year old ancestor of the great white shark has been discovered in Peru. The 23ft long beast had ...

A jawbone found in a Moroccan mine was thought to be a novel species of marine reptile from the Cretaceous period, but other ...

Researchers are calling for CT scans to confirm the authenticity of a Cretaceous period fossil that led to the identification ...

A fossil once hailed as evidence of a unique mosasaur species, Xenodens calminechari, may be a forgery, a new study claims.

Scientists have discovered a new Cretaceous-era dinosaur species by examining photos of a fossil lost during an allied air ...

Citizen science is evolving in classrooms, as students contribute to understanding the ancient ecology of sharks through ...

About 76 million years ago, a juvenile of one of the largest flying creatures in Earth's history, called Cryodrakon boreas, ...

Paleontologist Caleb Brown said that the fossil is "exceptionally uncommon"—not least because the pterosaur was a juvenile.

A fossil first discovered in a Moroccan mine turned out to be a new species. But now some scientists are concerned that it ...

A “ serrated blade” found sticking from a rock in the United Kingdom has been identified as a “nearly perfect” prehistoric ...