Legged snake fossils shed light on how snakes got their bite and lost their...
New fossils of an ancient legged snake, called Najash, shed light on the origin of the slithering reptiles.
The fossil discoveries published in Science Advances...
New fossil pushes back physical evidence of insect pollination to 99 million years ago
A new study has pushed back the first-known physical evidence of insect flower pollination to 99 million years ago, during the mid-Cretaceous period.
The revelation...
Scientists discover the ‘ghost’ footprints from Pleistocene era
Invisible footprints hiding since the end of the last ice age – and what lies beneath them – have been discovered by Cornell researchers...
New fossils show life’s recovery after dinosaur-killing asteroid strike
A newly discovered collection of fossils reveals how life recovered after the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago at...
Paleontologists discover complete theropod dinosaur specimen
The discovery of a nearly complete dromaeosaurid Saurornitholestes langstoni specimen is providing critical information for the evolution of theropod dinosaurs, according to new research...
Scientists reveal how Tyrannosaurus ate its prey
A Tyrannosaurus rex could bite hard enough to shatter the bones of its prey.
But how it accomplished this feat without breaking its own skull...
Dust from a giant asteroid crash caused an ancient ice age before dinosaurs
About 466 million years ago, long before the age of the dinosaurs, the Earth froze.
The seas began to ice over at the Earth's poles,...
Boney armor protects Komodo dragons in battle
The boney armor that Komodo dragons have just beneath their scales helps protect the dominant predator from other Komodo dragons, researchers report.
Tiny bones cover...
Scientists discover the sixth major mass extinction
Scientists have concluded that earth experienced a previously underestimated severe mass-extinction event, which occurred about 260 million years ago.
This raises the total of major...
Scientists discover new giant flying pterosaur
A newly identified species of pterosaur is among the largest ever flying animals, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London.
Cryodrakon...