In 2019, historian Lukas Rieppel published a book about the history of dinosaur fossils and their excavation in the late ...

Fossils don't always come in large, dinosaur-sized packages. Microfossils refer to a type of fossil that is so small, it can ...

This member of the dicynodont family has long held a place in San culture, but it was thought to just be a creature of legend ...

Now a study in the journal “Science” provides illuminating new context about the history of Earth's temperatures — and ...

A South African rock painting known as the Horned Serpent panel suggests indigenous people had knowledge of local fossils.

The Surprising Challenges of Using Prehistoric Diversity to Understand Life Today The incompleteness of the fossil record ...

Courtesy of the Xingyi UNESCO Global Geopark Administration. The Xingyi UNESCO Global Geopark was officially opened to the ...

One of the driest regions on earth is shifting green, as an influx of heavy rainfall causes vegetation to grow in the ...

Some scientists claim they have found bits of dinosaur meat still clinging to the fossilized bones of ancient dinosaurs. I wish it were true, but the evidence says otherwise.

A new species of ghost shark or “spookfish” was discovered lurking in the deep, dark waters off the coast of New Zealand. The ...

The newly named dinosaur is unique to Mexico, and it's helping change scientists' understanding of dinosaur ranges across the ...

T. rex and Megalodon dominated their ecosystems, but which was one was more fierce? Paleontologists explore how size, speed, ...