Palaeontologists have described a new, large Jurassic pterosaur, Skiphosoura bavarica, that helps bridge the gap between current intermediate pterosaurs and the pterodactyloids.

Palaeontologists have described a new genus and species of amphisbaenian (worm lizard), Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi, from the Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia, estimated to have been the largest of its kind and with a bite force that could crush a wide variety of snails.

90-million-year-old amber discovered in Antarctica reveals secrets of ancient forest

180-Million-Year-Old Cockroach Fossil Found in UK

Early evidence of symbiosis found in ancient coral

First-ever evidence of 16-million-year-old extinct sawfly species discovered

Scientists Find Evidence for Hominin Exploitation of Extinct Straight-Tusked Elephants in India

Scientists have found a head of an Arthropleura, the largest arthropod to ever live

Microraptorine Dinosaur Footprints Shed New Light on Origin of Flight

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact Turned Ants into Fungus Farmers, Study Says

Ancient DNA from humans and canines is helping to untangle the history of European colonization in North America.

Massive dinosaur skull unearthed in Northern Alberta

New Tyrannosaur Species Unearthed in Mexico: Labocania aguillonae

Paleontologists Identify Three New Species of Fossil Thylacines

Spain’s long-necked dinosaur star emerges from a 12,000-fossil find

40-Million-Year-Old Baltic Amber Provides First Fossil Record of Predatory Fungus Gnats

The Kiwi long thought to be native to New Zealand is actually an Australian immigrant, new research has found.

Reconstructing Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira): A New Look for an Iconic Devonian Predator

32,400-year-old woolly rhino mummy unearthed in Russia with skin, fur intact

A fossilised Neanderthal, found in France and nicknamed 'Thorin', is from an ancient and previously undescribed genetic line that separated from other Neanderthals around 100,000 years ago and remained isolated for more than 50,000 years…

6,000-Year-Old Submerged Bridge Found in Spanish Cave Redefines Mediterranean History

Fossil records show ancient sea cow was killed by a croc and eaten by a shark

This spiky fossil shows what early mollusks looked like

The asteroid that may have killed the dinosaurs came from beyond Jupiter, researchers report in Science

Palaeontologists have described Caletodraco cottardi, a new genus and species of abelisaurid theropod from the lower Cenomanian Chalk of Normandy, France.

Dinosaurs may have been even bigger than we thought

Dinosaur-Killing Mass Extinction Triggered Rapid Evolution of Bird Genomes

Sea level rise and fall shaped the emergence and diversification of the earliest multicellular lifeforms.

Palaeontologists have described Enalioetes schroederi, a new genus and species of metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Early Cretaceous epoch of the Stadthagen Formation of north-western Germany.

Ferganoceratodus edwardsi, a new species of Triassic lungfish, has been identified from fossilised tooth plate material found in Zimbabwe's Mid-Zambezi Basin.

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