A fossil that was first discovered over 50 years ago has finally been identified as a dinosaur that lived around 166 million ...

Scientists discovered two Jurassic bird fossils in China, pushing back bird diversification by 20 million years. One, ...

Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” ...

A new study has revealed that "hug of death" megaraptorids and previously unknown carcharodontosaurs shared Australia's ...

Extremely rare fossil of an ancient scorpion unearthed at China's Jehol Biota. The scorpion would've been a key species in ...

Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds.

China has become the country with the most dinosaur fossil discovery sites in the world, the Institute of Vertebrate ...

A small carnivore vertebrate that lived more than 200 million years ago in the territory that is now South America is helping ...

Wang: A fossil’s age is always later than the species’ actual origin. To estimate evolutionary timelines, scientists construct phylogenetic trees — a “Tree of Life” that maps species’ relationships ...

The “groundbreaking” evidence points to the existence of a unique apex predator that wandered the continent over 100 million ...

The fossil, dubbed the Elgol dinosaur, represents Scotland’s earliest recorded dinosaur, discovered near Elgol in the island’s south in 1973. Despite its initial discovery, the fossil remained ...

A FOSSIL first spotted in a Scottish island over 50 years ago has finally been extracted from the base of the cliff where it was found and, following analysis, formally identified as a Jurassic ...