One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...

Fossils of 'Early Modern Bird' Reveal It Existed Before the Asteroid Strike That Likely Wiped Out the Dinosaurs When a ...

Researchers state that the fossils prove that birds had already diversified by the end of the Jurassic period.

The extremely well-preserved ammonite - believed to be between 100 to 105 million years-old - has been discovered on the Isle ...

The bird has a short tail ending in a pygostyle, an important aerodynamic innovation moving the center of mass forward toward ...

The Ocucaje Desert in southern Peru has long been a goldmine for paleontologists, revealing fossils that provide glimpses ...

Scientists in China discover 150 million-year-old fossilised bird, Baminornis zhenghensis, revealing new insights into bird ...

A recent fossil find fills in a glaring prehistoric bird gap. The Jurassic period claims Archaeopteryx (sometimes called adeinonychosaurian dinosaur), which, despite their feathered wings, appear more ...

The skin of the plesiosaurs and its similarity to that of modern marine animals has been something of a mystery, however, as few fossil specimens have had any traces of soft tissues preserved. Turning ...

It is believed the fossil, found at St Catherine's Point on the Isle of Wight, is 100 to 105 million years old. Mr Wonfor believes the mollusc he and his 12-year-old cousin Amelie Russel found is ...

A 69-million-year-old fossil discovered in Antarctica is changing what scientists thought they knew about the origins of modern birds. This remarkable find sheds new light on avian evolution, hinting ...

Tap, chip, tap, chip, tippity tap tap tap... Eureka! "We actually split it!" Lakes Middle School seventh grader Alex Terry ...