Oct. 2, 2024 — By studying rare fossils of jaws and other skull parts of a long-extinct Caribbean monkey, a team of researchers says it has uncovered new evidence documenting the anatomy and ...

Fossil remains of a giant salamander-like creature with sharp fangs, Gaiasia jennyae, have been revealed by scientists. The findings on the beast, that ruled the waters before dinosaurs ...

4, 2024 — Extraordinarily well preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs and other creatures got that way ... have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird -- which they say could ...

Discovered in the 1950s and first described in a paper in 1966, the Tully monster (Tullimonstrum gregarium) is an enigmatic creature ... fossils from the Mazon Creek Formation. In the mud layers ...

Now, two well-preserved fossils of the creature unearthed in France have finally revealed what Arthropleura’s head looked like, providing insights into how the giant arthropod lived. Today ...

A nearby sinkhole may have promised relief, but the creature probably fell in and never came out. In 2014, divers discovered the remains of that giant sloth ... the remaining fossils are, then ...

Scientists have identified what was probably the largest marine reptile ever to swim in the seas - a creature longer ... Experts now say the fossils are from two giant ichthyosaur reptiles ...

Most things that die rot away completely, leaving nothing behind. Nearly all fossils we find - around 99% - are from marine animals such as shellfish and sharks. This is because they lived in the sea, ...

In Colombia, a fossil-collecting rancher has found a giant, flightless killer from 13 million years ago — and a missing link to the region’s evolutionary history. César Perdomo, a rancher and ...

Fossils are rare because their formation and ... volcanic eruption) deposit soil, sand, mud, ash, or dust on the landscape. If the primate dies in proximity (space and time) to such sedimentary ...

Fossils are physical evidence of prehistoric animals and plants. They tell us about the history of our planet, from climate and evolution to diets and diseases. There may be more to these prehistoric ...