Their dream came spectacularly true on that momentous day in 1974. The Lucy fossil preserved skull fragments and a lower jaw ...

The San people in South Africa painted animals that related to their cultural beliefs, but were most likely inspired by ...

Scientists in Brazil have announced the discovery of one of the world's oldest fossils believed to belong to an ancient ...

The Hell Creek Formation in what's now the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming was once home to some of the world's most beloved ...

Evidence suggests that “the precursors to the dinosaurs and pterosaurs were much more diverse than previously imagined.” ...

Brazilian cynodont fossils have shed light on early mammalian evolution, revealing earlier and independent development of key features like the jaw and middle ear. The discovery of new cynodont ...

Mammals that lived alongside dinosaurs grew more slowly and lived longer than they do today, analysis of fossils found on the Isle of Skye has revealed. A team led by researchers at National Museums ...

18, 2024 — New archaeological research has discovered for the first time clear links between fossils of the iconic Australian dingo, and dogs from East Asia and New ... Sep. 18, 2024 — A ...

This "living fossil" can grow as large as an alligator, has two rows of needle-sharp teeth, and such strong armor that it ...

In western North America during the twilight of the dinosaur age, the unquestioned ruler was Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the ...

“Every nook and cranny and bump that occurs on a bone can tell us something about where the muscles or tendons attached and ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the Staurikosaurus, a small dinosaur from the Late Triassic period, about 230 million years ...