In 1986, the fossilized remains of the dinosaur were recovered from the Tangbian geological formation in the Jiangxi province ...

Scientists have discovered amber in the sediment core recovered from thousands of feet below the surface of the Antarctic, a ...

A study published in the the journal PLOS ONE announced the discovery of a new species of prehistoric mammal named Heleocola ...

Until now, Antarctica was the only continent on Earth without any known amber fossils. But sediment cores taken from below the seafloor have revealed a tiny piece of fossilized resin holding fragments ...

Today, Antarctica is a huge frozen continent, though it was once temperate enough to be covered in swampy forests. Now, a team of scientists has discovered fossilized tree resin—amber—on the continent ...

After an initial analysis, the paleontologists identified the fossils as the remains of a large dinosaur from the Cretaceous ...

Between about 120 million and 130 million years ago, during the age of dinosaurs, temperate forests and lakes hosted a lively ecosystem in what is now northeast China. Diverse fossils from that ...

Northeastern Australia, once submerged under the Eromanga Sea during the Cretaceous, was home to massive pterosaurs. In 2021, ...

Skiphosoura bavarica lived toward the end of the Jurassic Period and would have been one of the largest flyers in its ...

The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...

Ancient amber found in Antarctica uncovers a 90-million-year-old rainforest, revealing insights into its warm, prehistoric ...

Research has shown that pelagic sharks tend to have longer, narrower fins compared to their benthic ... [+] relatives, which typically possess shorter, rounded fins. A key to understanding how ...