Fossils
Just Like Us, Jurassic Mammals Cared for Their Young
Clues from bones reveal multituberculates looked after their offspring for lengthy periods during the Age of Dinosaurs
Giant Ostrich-Like Dinosaurs Once Roamed North America
Rare finds in Mississippi paint a picture of these creatures’ lost world
Alaska Couple Finds Massive Mammoth Bone After Storm
Typhoon Merbok’s flooding and winds revealed the complete femur, lying in the mud
Rare ‘Mummified Dinosaur’ Formed in an Unexpected Way
The prehistoric reptile's skin may have been preserved by scavengers, research suggests
The Ancestors of Flying Pterosaurs Were Sleek Reptiles That Ran on the Ground
High definition scans of a fossil reveal the form of an early pterosaur relative
Haul of Fossil Fish Pushes Back the Origin of Teeth and Jaws
The unexpected finds illustrate life during a critical and little-understood time period
World's Oldest Vertebrate Fossil Heart Found in Australia
The 380-million-year-old heart came from a prehistoric fish that is our earliest jawed ancestor
Scientists Discover Bug-Eating Reptile That Lived Among Dinosaurs
Delicate fossil reveals a cousin of the modern tuatara
Inside Vietnam's Whale Temples
Centuries-old whale worship shrines are shedding light on the diversity and distribution of marine mammals off the country's coast
How a Giant Eagle Once Came to Dominate New Zealand
Before the formidable bird went extinct, scientists say it likely hunted the flightless moa
Earliest Known Amputation Was Performed in Borneo 31,000 Years Ago
Prehistoric hunter gatherers carried out the surgery thousands of years before the previous recognized example
Portuguese Man Accidentally Finds 82-Foot-Long Dinosaur in His Backyard
Scientists say this could be the largest specimen ever discovered in Europe
Seven Million Years Ago, the Oldest Known Early Human Was Already Walking
Analysis of a femur fossil indicates that a key species could already move somewhat like us
The 50-Million-Year-Old Treasures of Fossil Lake
In a forbidding Wyoming desert, scientists and fortune hunters search for the surprisingly intact remains of horses and other creatures that lived long ago
What New Tech Is Revealing About Squishy, Prehistoric Cephalopods
Researchers have adopted innovative means, from cutting-edge scans to swimming robots, to reveal more about how the creatures lived
Why Were Medieval Monks So Susceptible to Intestinal Worms?
Friars in Cambridge, England, suffered from these parasites at nearly double the rate found among average unwashed citizens
Construction Crews Stumble Upon Mastodon Skeleton in Michigan
The massive animal was likely between 10 and 20 years old when it died roughly 12,000 years ago
These Extinct Pandas Once Roamed Bulgaria
The bears are a close relative of today's giant pandas and likely ate soft plant materials, not bamboo
Study Refutes Controversial Research That Divided the T. Rex Into Three Species
Scientists published a rebuttal article that found “insufficient evidence for multiple species of Tyrannosaurus”
After Fish Developed Limbs, Some Might Have Returned to Swimming
Scientists think a recently discovered fossil is evidence that evolution is more like a branching tree than a ladder
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