Researchers have discovered that a species of dinosaur, Limusaurus inextricabilis, lost its teeth in adolescence and did not grow another set as...
A team of geologists at the University of Rochester has discovered a new species of bird in the Canadian Arctic. At approximately...
Dr. Michael Ryan, curator and head of vertebrate paleontology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, is the lead author on new...
Move over, hyenas and saber-toothed cats; there's a mammal with an even stronger bite. A new study by Burke Museum and University...
Despite their obvious physical differences, elephants, lizards and trout all have something in common. They possess elongated, flexible structures at the rear...
Monash University scientists have played a key role in discovering the origin of filter feeding in baleen whales -- the largest animal...
Somewhere between Earth's creation and where we are today, scientists have demonstrated that some early life forms existed just fine without any...
Fossilised forewings from two individuals, discovered on the Beardmore Glacier, revealed the first ground beetle known from the southernmost continent. It is...
A team of international scientists led by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported recently the oldest fossil evidence of beta-keratin...
Published today in the open-access journal GigaScience, is an article that presents the genome sequence of Ginkgo biloba, the oldest extant tree...
The diaphragm is unique to mammals and our most important respiratory muscle. Scientists at the University of Bonn and the Zoological Research...
Researchers have discovered two small dinosaurs together with a lagerpetid, a group of animals that are recognized as precursors of dinosaurs. The...
A dinosaur fossil that almost went undiscovered is giving scientists valuable clues about a family of creatures that flourished just before the...
Today’s turtles don’t have teeth; they cut off their food using hard ridges on their jaws. But their ancestors were not so...
A new study published in Scientific Reportsshows how higher latitude ecosystems recovered after the World's most cataclysmic extinction event 252 million years...
Kaikaifilu is a new species of giant sea lizard (mosasaur) discovered in 66 million year-old rocks of Antarctica. At about 10 m...
Ancient feeding marks from hungry insects in South American leaf fossils are shedding new light on the mass extinction that wiped out...
What do enormous dinosaurs have in common with tiny shrews? They are both four-legged vertebrates, otherwise known as tetrapods. In the course...
The mutually beneficial relationship between algae and modern corals -- which provides algae with shelter, gives coral reefs their colors and supplies...
Significant changes in the distribution of plants on Earth can be a reality by 2050. The prediction is made by scientists from...
Researchers have identified the first known example of fossilised brain tissue in a dinosaur from Sussex. The tissues resemble those seen in...
The outback region around Winton in central Queensland is arguably Australia’s ground zero for giant dinosaur fossils. Here, graziers occasionally stumble across...