The death of this ancient species, discovered alongside more newly described mammals, had been greatly exaggerated.
A comprehensive analysis of Tyrannosaurus rex fossils is surprising scientists with just how long these apex predators took to become big boys.
The fossilized bones were far too young to belong to a woolly mammoth.
For decades, researchers believed they were looking at fish remains. They were way off the mark.
The bones are exceptionally well-preserved, and the skeleton is "incredibly complete," the researchers say.
Two duck-billed dinosaur carcasses were preserved in a thin layer of clay for 66 million years. Now, they’ve helped researchers recreate their living appearance.
It’s “an important reminder that evolutionary paths can be unpredictable.”
The amber fossils preserve an impressive array of ancient bugs and plants that scientists are using to piece together a previously unknown Cretaceous ecosystem.
A revisit to a pterosaur-abundant fossil site uncovered how two baby pterosaurs met an unusually chilling death 150 million years ago.
“Evolution sometimes seems to favor the extravagant over the practical.”
The Romans may have treasured the trilobite fossil for its presumed magical or protective powers.
A handful of bite marks on a fossil tens of millions of years old speaks to an ancient tussle between two terrifying apex predators.
By revisiting a fossil unearthed decades ago, paleontologists identified a new type of modified skin jutting out from the reptile’s back like a fan.
The brain of an ancient sea creature bears an uncanny resemblance to those of modern spiders, challenging the conventional notion of where spiders originated.
Fossilized footprints from Australia are forcing paleontologists to rethink the tetrapod family tree.
CT scans, UV light, and careful prep work uncovered feathers that may have given the ancient dinosaur liftoff.
A newly described species from the Burgess Shale had three eyes, clawed limbs, and a tail full of gills—plus internal organs preserved in stunning detail.
The paleontological treasure sat in a fossil collection in Brazil, unnoticed.
More than half of the world's scientifically useful T. rexes are in the hands of private or commercial owners, and not accessible to scientists, according to research.
A digital investigation reveals how AI can latch on to technical terminology, despite it being complete nonsense.
