Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...

Scientists reveal a never-before-seen species of leopard-size apex predator that lived in lush forest 30 million years ago.

A collection of fossils gathered over a lifetime by an enthusiast with a "love for discovery" has gone on display for the ...

About half a million years ago, several sloths, armadillos, and horses fell into a sinkhole in Florida’s Big Bend region. […] ...

The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals.

Hundreds of vendors from dozens of countries converged in Tucson, Arizona, for the annual Gem and Mineral Show, where the ...

A Cretaceous Period bird called Vegavis iaai pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with nautilus-like ammonites and marine reptiles called ...

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks that lived alongside the dinosaurs.

The near-complete fossil skull, unearthed on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, reveals a bird that thrived in the challenging waters off Antarctica roughly 69 million years ago, just three ...

The Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, is diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with ammonites and plesiosaurs ... taking place elsewhere on ...

Ammonite fossil collection. Image by jonnysek via Depositphotos. These forgotten fossils have profoundly impacted evolutionary theory by challenging pre-existing assumptions and filling in critical ...

And then the vomit was lost to the mists of time. Until last November, when an amateur fossil hunter, Peter Bennicke, split a piece of chalk and discovered it. For decorum’s sake, we had now ...