Paleontology
160 million years later: This rare fossil is overturning everything we knew about how birds evolved
Research on the Anchiornis specimen reveals hidden feather structures that contradict old theories on dinosaur flight. Scientists are now re-evaluating how and when animals first took to the skies.
'Medusa,' possible 'dinosaur mummy' discovered in Badlands, transferred for further research
Scientists discover RNA molecules from a mammoth that went extinct 40,000 years ago
Megalodon shark may have reached 80 feet, new study finds
Tanzania footprints offer clues on origin of human upright walking
Researchers said on Wednesday a thorough new examination of the fossil footprints has shown that they were made not by a bear, as once believed, but by a hominin.
Humanity's missing link: 2-million-year-old bones shed light on human spine
The Australopithecus sediba is estimated to have lived nearly two million years ago and is thought to be a predecessor to the Homo genus, to which modern humans – Homo sapiens – belong.
New dinosaur species discovered in Australia, one of world's biggest
"Discoveries like this are just the tip of the iceberg," said Queensland Museum curator and palaeontologist Scott Hocknull.
Paleo-start up nation: Prehistoric Israelis exchanged technology - Study
In order to understand what kind of exchanges occurred between them, the archaeologists looked at their utensils and the way they manufactured them.
'Like Godzilla, but actually real': study shows T. rex totaled 2.5 billion
Their analysis put the total number of T. rex individuals that ever existed at about 2.5 billion, including approximately 20,000 adults alive at any one time.
Researchers discover 74-million-year-old mammal - Watch
The skunk-like mammal inhabited southern Patagonia alongside dinosaurs.
Fossils of oldest member of huge dinosaur group found in Argentina
The researchers said Ninjatitan demonstrated that the titanosaurs as a group first appeared longer ago than previously known.
Species of dinosaur 125 million years-old discovered in China
"These animals were quickly covered by fine sediment while they were still alive or just after their death," said paleontologist Pascal Godefroit of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.
Scientists digitally reconstruct skull of mysterious Triassic reptile
As the scientists note, its "paleobiology remains contentious," some scientists believe it lived on land other stated that it was an aquatic-dwelling reptile.
Israeli scholars find earliest proof of feather molt in flying dinosaur
One of the fossils clearly featured the marks of the feathers on the wings.
