How dinosaur extinction helped shape our fruit-eating ancestors
The extinction of giant dinosaurs millions of years ago may have played a big role in shaping the environment that led to the evolution...
China Jurassic fossil discovery sheds light on early bird evolution
A team of paleontologists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made a groundbreaking discovery...
Ancient Antarctic fossil reveals Earth’s oldest modern bird
Scientists have made an exciting discovery—a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica is the oldest known modern bird.
This ancient bird, called Vegavis iaai, was an...
Fossil shark teeth are abundant and can date the past in a unique way
The ratios of strontium isotopes in fossil shark teeth can be used to better understand how coastal environments evolved in ancient times, according to...
Huge dinosaur footprints found in Mongolia – Could they belong to a giant Saurolophus?
A team of researchers from Okayama University of Science (OUS) in Japan and the Institute of Paleontology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences has discovered some...
Scientists find collagen in dinosaur fossil, unlocking new clues about ancient life
For many years, scientists believed that organic molecules could not survive in fossils, as the fossilization process was thought to destroy them completely.
However, a...
Did dinosaurs first roam the Amazon? New study offers clues
equatorial regions of South America and Africa, including the Amazon, millions of years earlier than current fossil evidence shows.
This new research, led by University...
How we uncovered the UK’s biggest site of dinosaur tracks in a quarry in...
In 2024, researchers from the universities of Oxford and Birmingham excavated a huge expanse of a quarry floor in Oxfordshire filled with hundreds of...
Scientists rediscover rare fossil of giant bird, unveiling secrets of prehistoric life
Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6-foot-tall (1.4 meters) bird called Diatryma roamed a warm, tropical swamp in what is now southern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
This...
Scientists identify a new dinosaur species from destroyed fossil photos
Paleontologists have made an incredible discovery of a new species of predatory dinosaur that lived 95 million years ago in North Africa during the...