385-Million-Year-Old Amber Found in China
Paleontologists in China have discovered what they say is the earliest confirmed pieces of amber ever found, a…
Tyrannosaurus rex Scavenged Duck-Billed Dinosaurs in Ancient Wyoming, Bite Marks Reveal
Thousands of fossilized bones from a Cretaceous-period bonebed in Wyoming, the United States, offer rare physical evidence that…
Tiny Triassic Reptile Sheds Light on Early Lizard Evolution
Today, lepidosaurs — the reptile group that includes lizards, snakes and New Zealand’s tuatara — are among the…
New Jurassic Fossil Reveals How Birds Lost Their Dinosaur Tails
Paleontologists in China have described a small, previously unknown Jurassic bird whose short tail offers new evidence for…
An ‘unremarkable’ fossil found in Antarctica 40 years ago is the continent’s first dinosaur bone
More than 40 years after it was collected, an Antarctic fossil has been recognized as a far more…
83-Million-Year-Old Fossil Rewrites Timeline of Antarctica’s First Dinosaur Discovery
A small fossil collected on an Antarctic island more than four decades ago is a tail vertebra of…
Ancient Sea Creature Pushes Back Origins of Spider Fangs to 518 Million Years Ago
Urokodia aequalis, an early Cambrian marine predator from the Chengjiang biota of China, preserves the earliest known evidence…
First-ever dinosaur bone from Antarctica found
First-ever dinosaur bone from Antarctica had been sitting in a drawer for decades A fossil that was sitting…
Early Saber-Toothed Cat Gets New Face after Decades of Mystery
A nearly complete skull unearthed decades ago in Arizona has given paleontologists their clearest look yet at Adelphailurus…
New Feathered Dinosaur from China Had Peacock-Like Tail
A new genus and species of four-winged pennaraptoran dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of northern China is adding…
Earth’s First Land Animals May Never Have Been Amphibian-Like After All
Paleontologists from the Field Museum of Natural History have described the fossilized remains of baby embolomeres, crocodile-like predators…
125-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Relative Reveals Its True Colors
Exceptionally preserved skin of Montsecosuchus depereti, an extinct crocodylomorph no larger than a house cat that prowled the…