Scientists discovered a 6-million-year-old fossil jaw in Spain that pushes the origin of weasels much further back in time.

Scientists found preserved blood vessel structures in a T. rex fossil, offering new insight into dinosaur healing and fossilization.

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A newly discovered prehistoric mammal may hold clues to how life survived the dinosaur-killing extinction. The tiny species, ...

When researchers pointed a cutting-edge hospital scanner at a collection of ancient Egyptian remains that had puzzled experts ...

Octopuses' earliest relatives may have been gigantic predators hunting during the age of dinosaurs, according to new Hokkaido ...

For decades, a collection of fossil fragments sat forgotten in museum drawers — a paleontological “cold case” waiting for ...

A new study found that a pachyderm skeleton, dismissed for decades as unimportant, offers evidence of careful planning, ...

Some 80 million years ago, the late Cretaceous oceans were patrolled by 17-meter mosasaurs, long-necked plesiosaurs, and ...

What can bones tell us about life millions of years ago? A paleobiologist decodes chemical clues to uncover how animals lived ...

A fossil discovery in Mistelgau, Northern Bavaria, Germany, reveals that the last representatives of the giant ichthyosaurs of the genus Temnodontosaurus survived longer in the Southwest German Basin ...

New fossil evidence suggests a massive octopus may have been the true apex predator of the dinosaur-era seas, challenging ...