As to what draws major guys to the major beasts, the paleontologist believes that it’s largely about bragging rights and sheer awesomeness: “You can own a 3’ x 3’ painting or have a giant skull ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period dinosaur.

But here is an animal, probably some kind of fish, that 66 million years ago ate sea lilies that lived at the bottom of the Cretaceous sea and regurgitated the skeletal parts.' ...

Amateur fossil hunter Peter Bennicke made a “truly unusual find”, as the fossilised vomit now resides in the Museum of East Zealand ...

The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...

The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the Mesozoic Era.

a lot of skeleton underneath the rock ... The approximately 150 million-year-old dino bird, Archaeopteryx, has turned out to be one of the most important in the story of bird evolution.

Feb. 12—"Walk Through Time" at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is now complete with the addition of the Bradbury Stamm Construction Hall of Ancient Life. The permanent exhibition ...

Soft tissue preservation in fossils does not seem to depend upon the species, age or burial environment of the fossils in question.

The fossilized 69-million-year-old skull of the oldest known modern bird has been discovered. The early relatives of ducks and geese lived in Antarctica at around the same time Tyrannosaurus rex ...