About 66 million years ago, a dinosaur—maybe a T. rex or a Nanotyrannus—ate a bird. The record of that meal, in the form of ...

Tiny flowers trapped in amber around 15 million years ago are offering scientists a rare glimpse into the plant life of a ...

Thanks to having the “chunkiest squid butt” ever seen on an ancient cephalopod, paleontologists have discovered a 160-million-year-old octopus cousin. The newly identified fossils are described by an ...

Ichthyosaurs ruled the oceans for 150 million years during the Mesozoic Era. Their fish-shaped bodies were built for high ...

Learn how two chunky fossils found in Wyoming revealed a new species of squid-like animal that lived 160 million years ago.

For most marine ecosystems, there is no historical survey telling us what a truly intact shark population looked like. And if ...

One of the oldest known 3D animal fossils dating back 560 million years has been found in a sheep field. The astonishing ...

A newly discovered fossil from Mongolia reshapes how scientists understand early mammal evolution and ancient species relationships.

Lyson knew that one print in the Hell Creek was unlikely, but two together—a T. rex trackway? That was absolutely improbable.

Paleontologist Ken Lacovara never expected to find critical fossil data in a New Jersey suburb—let alone info about the ...