“This is one of the oldest known four-legged animals to eat its veggies,” said Arjan Mann of the Field Museum in Chicago, a co-lead author of the study. “It shows that experimentation with herbivory ...

Advanced CT imaging of rare Devonian lungfish fossils in Australia and China is revealing unexpected anatomical details.

Before leaving on a fossil-hunting trip for a summer 2021 field paleontology class, a Montana State University junior made an ...

Imagine you’re walking to work when you unwittingly make a massive contribution to science. That was the experience for a Southern California science teacher who discovered a never-before-seen whale ...

The Bridgewater Public Library will host a talk by "Fossil Daddy" from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18.

Recent analysis of two fossils from Australia, estimated to be about 50,000 years old, suggests that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for their meat, ...

In 1958, an Australian teenager named Bruce Runnegar uncovered a mysterious dinosaur footprint during a visit to a quarry ...

In the first of a new series, curator Dr Neil Adams shares the stories and science of the fossil mammal collection.

Scientists have discovered a rare 68-million-year-old dinosaur egg containing another egg inside it in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Turns out Toby’s new trick is thousands of years old. A pair of recently discovered fossils from Africa has immortalized a small critter’s 126,000-year-old butt-dragging habit, according to ...

Julien Benoit receives funding from DSTI-NRF GENUS (Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences) and African Origins Platform. Emese M Bordy receives funding from DSTI-NRF GENUS (Centre of Excellence in ...

A jawbone retrieved from the bottom of the Taiwan Strait has been confirmed as belonging to a Denisovan, one of humanity’s most mysterious relatives. The fossil, discovered at depths of 60 to 120 ...