Discover Uncus dzaugisi, a 555-million-year-old worm-like fossil, offering the first Precambrian evidence of Ecdysozoa ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest known animal with saber teeth: a predator that lived 270 million years ago. This animal, from before the age of the dinosaurs, was a dog-like creature that was ...

The prehistoric creature is thought to have lived around 280-270 million years ago and was likely a "top predator" in its day ...

We can hear thanks to our middle ear bones, something that began with holes in the sides of therapsid skulls. Among these ...

The origin of mammals is shrouded in mystery, but every fossil clue helps rewrite the story. A new discovery on a Mediterranean island is challenging what we know about when—and where—mammal ancestors ...

Pterosaurs evolved active flight over 230 million years ago. The discovery of Melkamter pateko in Argentina suggests ...

The discovery pushes back the evolution of advanced pterosaurs and also supports a surprising new setting for their evolution.

The examination revealed that the fossil represents the oldest ... found in marine environments and are thought to have primarily fed on marine life. As compared, Melkamter pateko likely fed on ...

Scientists say the snake fossil is "unbelievably rare". "This is the very first baby snake fossil that we have ever found," Prof ... Fragments of plants and insects found inside the amber confirm ...