A peculiar fossil has helped scientists discover an unusual bird that lived among the dinosaurs 120 million years ago, and the find is changing the way researchers think about avian evolution.
A badger-like mammal was sinking its teeth into the ribs of a dinosaur three times its size when they were buried in volcanic ash 125 million years ago, capturing the pair in a deadly embrace.
Fossil named 'Attenborough's strange bird' was the first in its kind without teeth. ScienceDaily . Retrieved March 24, 2024 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 03 / 240305134206.htm ...
Fossil remains of two rat-like creatures understood to be the oldest known ancestors of humans have been discovered in Dorset. The small furry animals scurried in the shadow of the dinosaurs 145 ...
An analysis of the growth patterns in fossil teeth has thrown new light on the recent origin of the extended growth and development pattern that sets human beings apart from their primate ...
Scientists have discovered remnants of the Earth's oldest fossil forest on the north coast of Devon and Somerset in the U.K. The trees, which are about 390 million years old, are thought to have ...
Mar. 21, 2024 — Scientists have uncovered the fossilized skull of a 270-million-year-old ancient amphibian ancestor in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
Scientists have discovered the fossils of a new prehistoric species in Morocco — a bizarre-looking marine lizard considerably larger than a great white shark, which, they say, dominated the seas ...
A fossil discovered over a century ago has been confirmed as the oldest long-necked marine reptile. A team of international ...
No birds alive today have teeth. But that wasn't always the case; many early fossil birds had beaks full of sharp, tiny teeth. In a paper in the journal Cretaceous Research, scientists have ...