The creature could lay eggs on land, unlike amphibians. It was part of a large group known as “amniotes,” which would evolve ...

“This is the oldest evidence in the world of amniote trackways — the lineage that will eventually end up as humans. It’s huge.” The researchers have only the footprints, no fossil bone ...

From deep-sea sponges to ancient tortoises, the longest-living animals can survive for centuries, even pausing aging.

A new study suggests two fossil trackways found in Australia were made by an early amniote, a group that today includes ...

Two fossils of singing cicadas, one of which was remarkably well preserved, reveals that the insects dispersed in Europe ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 million years ago. The discovery suggests that after the first animals ...

A 165-million-year-old femur has been discovered in Morocco, the oldest cerapodan fossil ever found. It is a key find for ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone ...

The fossils are also the oldest examples of “true” singing cicadas in the family Cicadidae, researchers reported April 29 in the journal Scientific Reports. Most modern cicadas belong to this ...