A complete mastodon jaw fossil was found in the backyard of a residence near Scotchtown, New York, the first such find in more than 11 years, the New York State Education Department said in a news ...

Bird Brain from the Age of Dinosaurs Reveals Roots of Avian Intelligence Nov. 13, 2024 — A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and ...

Paleontologists have revealed what may be the earliest known saber-toothed animal to have ever lived—a predator that roamed our planet before the age of the dinosaurs. In a study published in ...

Reconstruction of the appearance in life of a gorgonopsian in a floodplain of the Permian of Mallorca (Henry Sutherland Sharpe ©) The oldest known saber-toothed predator, dating back over 270 million ...

A historic (or perhaps more accurately, prehistoric) discovery was made just under the surface of a New York homeowner's lawn. A complete mastodon jaw was found in the backyard of a home in the ...

Now, a team of scientists have found a new fossil that is the oldest of its kind and might even be the oldest therapsid ever discovered. This somewhat dog-like sabertoothed predator is described ...

Life restoration of the earliest lizard, Cryptovaranoides microlanius. Credit: Lavinia Gandolfi A 205-million-year-old fossil, Cryptovaranoides microlanius, was confirmed as the oldest modern lizard, ...

A recent discovery in Türkiye is shaking up our understanding of human evolution. Scientists have identified a new fossil ape, Anadoluvius turkae, from an 8.7-million-year-old site near Çankırı. This ...

A remarkable study has claimed that a mountain of hydrogen present beneath the Earth's surface could entirely reduce our dependence on fossil fuels for at least 200 years. The study titled ...

Known as “Steg,” the fossil is being unearthed on a private plot of land in northern Wyoming. The fossil, 67% complete, could sell at auction within 18-24 months. Dinosaur skeleton demand ...

diversity around 500 million years ago. One fossil site provides an extraordinary glimpse into these ancient lifeforms. The Canadian Rockies are a candy store for paleontologists—myriad ...

A fragment of upper jaw fossil from the Early Cretaceous is among the oldest examples of a toothless amphibian in the fossil record Chihiro Kai The arid valleys of Wyoming’s Cloverly Formation ...