Scientists have discovered a new species of prehistoric turtle from what was once a lush forest in Central Australia, after re-examining an unidentified fossil on display in the Northern Territory's ...

A study led by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History presents the oldest known example in the fossil record of an evolutionary arms race. These 517-million-year-old predator-prey ...

Australian and US scientists discovered a new species of prehistoric snapping turtle after re-examining an unidentified fossil on display in a Northern Territory museum. The new species, called ...

The fossil is essential for understanding ichthyosaur diversity in New Zealand. These ancient reptiles have not been studied as comprehensively as in the northern hemisphere due to the fragmentary ...

They’ve lived through the ice age, the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs and brushed off an ... [+] atomic blast just a mile away. Here’s the story of this living fossil that refuses to ...

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The humerus of a modern human, left, that of the "Ushikawa man" within the box and those from a bear (the three on the right) are seen in a comparative image provided by the department of human ...

Paul Scofield receives funding from Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund and the R.S. Allan Fund of Canterbury Museum. George Young received funding from the UC Masters scholarship.

Humans have a long history of misinterpreting ancient fossils. Here are 10 creatures from the dinosaur age that looked way different than we thought. When you purchase through links on our site ...

The English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark announced the discovery of ancient tree fossils belonging to the predecessors of the palm tree, shedding more light on the region’s rich geological ...