
Scientists unearth fossil of a new swimming dinosaur
Dinosaurs were the most fascinating creatures that once ruled the world for more than 150 million years. The peculiar...

Tasmanian tiger mystery: remains are found in plain sight
In Tasmania, a marsupial mystery has finally been solved. People have long puzzled over the whereabouts of the...

Mammoth bones reignite debate on Native American origins
Scientists discovered ancient footprints and mammoth bones in what is now New Mexico. The discovery reignited debate...

Human fossils found in cave questions origins of humankind
A recent study of human fossils from the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa reignited debates about the origin...

Buhais Geology Park opens in UAE's Sharjah Desert
British architectural firm Hopkins Architects has completed the Buhais Geology Park Interpretative Centre,...

11-year-old discovers rare 475-million-year-old fossil in Tennessee
While enjoying an evening walk at Douglas Lake in East Tennessee, 11-year-old Ryleigh Taylor stumbled upon a magnificent...

Footprints from world's largest dinosaur discovered in Scotland
Dozens of footprints from ancient sauropods, a kind of creature that scientists believe may have been the largest...

Scientists say mass extinction warning signs exist — and they can be observed today
Is Earth staring down a mass extinction? Recent research from an international team of scientists reveals warning...

Off-grid Fossil Discovery Exhibit camouflages into the Texan desert
Big Bend National Park isn’t just a place of stunning natural beauty—the Texan park is also paleontological...

Treasure trove of Triassic fossils found at Bears Ears
What may perhaps be the world's greatest cache of Triassic-era fossils was discovered by scientists at Utah's Bears...

Newly-discovered dinosaur species was as long as a school bus - and could help solve a mystery
Fossils in Africa from the Late Cretaceous time period - around 100 to 66 million years ago - are rare. Scientists...

Incredible fossil discovery rewrites the history of human migration out of Africa
Scientists have discovered the oldest known fossil of a modern human outside of Africa in Misliya Cave near Mount...

215 pterosaur eggs unearthed in biggest collection ever found
Scientists recently uncovered the largest group of fossilized pterosaur eggs ever. In a 10-foot-long sandstone...

Geologists discover fossils from 13 ancient tree species in Antarctica
It may be hard to believe, but forests once sprawled across Antarctica. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM)...

Ancient flying reptile was around the size of a small plane
Pterosaurs roamed the skies long ago as the first animals to evolve powered flight after insects - and in the Gobi...