Fossil discovery solves 500-million-year-old mystery about the dawn of animal life
Tiny honeycomb-like colonies from southern China have opened a long-running gap in the story of animal life. For…
Robot fish helps explain how real fish learned to move on land
Fish stranded on shore often look helpless, all flops and wriggles. But that clumsy scramble may follow a…
New Crocodile Cousin Discovered After 210 Million Years Hidden in Stone
210 million years ago, Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa (left) is disturbed by Hesperosuchus agilis (right) near a Coelophysis carcass at…
Here’s how Tyrannosaurus ended up with a big head and small arms
Tyrannosaurus rex possessed a preposterously massive skull — 5 feet long and built to enable bone-crunching bite force…
Triassic fossil reveals a beaked, bipedal reptile that looked like an ostrich dinosaur
The Late Triassic was full of animals that look almost familiar, right up until you place them on…
Ancient Goose Fossil Challenges Long-Held Theories About New Zealand Birds
A reconstruction of the St Bathans goose (Metechen luti). Credit: Artwork by Sasha Votyakova, © Te Papa CC…
Scientists Discover 43-Foot Sea Reptile Twice the Size of a Great White Shark
The holotype for the newly described Tylosaurus rex is a giant specimen displayed at the Perot Museum of…
Scientists Discover Terrifying Giant Crocodile That Hunted Human Ancestors
Artistic Illustration of Lucy’s Hunter Crocodile. Credit: Tyler Stone, University of Iowa. A newly named crocodile species from…
This Tiny Creature Survived a World of Dinosaurs and Changed What Came Next
An illustration of Cimolodon desosai on the tree with a fruit in its mouth. It was about the…
Tyrannosaurus rex walked like a bird on its tiptoes
Powerful jaws and bone-crushing bites have long shaped the popular image of Tyrannosaurus rex. Its feet, not so…
Embryo Fossil is Missing Puzzle Piece Thrilling Scientists with Oldest Proof that Mammal Ancestors Laid Eggs
Egg fossil photographed at ESRF by Professor Julien Benoit A remarkable new discovery is shedding light on one…
New fossils provide snapshot of the beginning of complex animals that led to us
WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a…