The peculiar Cambrian object known as Brooksella, studied for more than a century, may never have been a fossil at all. New ...

For over a century, a peculiar fossil has been a source of intrigue and debate among paleontologists. Its unusual ...

More than half a billion years ago, the Grand Canyon was not the arid landscape we know today but a shallow, tropical sea teeming with strange life. Now, scientists have uncovered a remarkable fossil ...

The heavily armoured Spicomellus lived more than 165 million years ago in what is now Morocco One of the world’s strangest dinosaurs is even more bizarre than first realised. New fossils found in ...

A new study sheds light on how these reptiles become “mummies” and paints a picture of what these ancient animals looked like ...

Two tiny pterosaurs, preserved for 150 million years, have revealed a surprising cause of death: violent storms. Researchers at the University of Leicester discovered both hatchlings, nicknamed Lucky ...

Researchers have uncovered dozens of long-misidentified coelacanth fossils in British museums, some overlooked for more than ...

Researchers have uncovered the fossil of an early mammal named the "crazy beast" that lived 66 million years ago on Madagascar, and it's unlike any mammal ever known, living or extinct. This mammal, ...

Richard O. Prum is in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and at the Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA. Read the paper: Triassic diapsid shows early ...

The Grand Canyon is one of the most remarkable landforms in America, attracting millions of tourists each year. The geological marvel reveals the power of erosion over long periods of time. It is also ...

Paleontologists have discovered remarkable fossils in the Grand Canyon that reveal fresh details about the emergence of complex life half a billion years ago. The newfound remains of fauna from the ...