Middle: Microscopic plankton cell-wall coverings preserved as “ghost” fossil impressions, pressed into the surface of ancient organic matter (183 million years old). Th

Scientists have discovered a new type of fossilization

preserved fossil specimen of Sinosauropteryx from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China

‘Bandit-masked’ feathered dinosaur hid from predators using multiple types of camouflage

Establishing a time scale for 10 million years ago

The fossil on the right is a complete specimen of Gyaltsenglossus senis (ROMIP 65606.1) showing full length of the proboscis with the six feeding arms at the top. Illustration by Emily S. Damstra. Both images © Royal Ontario Museum

A Bizarre Half Billion-Year Old Worm with Tentacles Solves Evolutionary Mystery

Findings Rock Long-Held Assumptions about Ancient Mass Extinction

One of Yuka's legs, illustrating the exceptional preservation of the lower part of the leg after the skin had been removed, which enabled recovery of ancient RNA molecules. Photo credit: Valeri Plotnikov. Credit: Valeri Plotnikov

World’s oldest RNA extracted from woolly mammoth

Ubirajara jubatus is named after a Tupi Indian name for 'lord of the spear', in reference to the creature's stiffened, elongate integumentary structures, and jubatus from the Latin meaning 'maned' or 'crested'. Image must be credited Credit: Artwork © Bob Nicholls / Paleocreations.com 2020

New dinosaur showed descendants how to dress to impress

A reconstruction of Laurasichersis relicta which lived in the northen hemisphere 66 millons years ago. Credit: José Antonio Peñas (SINC)

One single primitive turtle resisted mass extinction in the northern hemisphere

Manchestercarpa vancouverensis. Credit: Brian Atkinson

Mahogany tree family dates back to last hurrah of the dinosaurs

Megalosaurus

Spectacular flying reptiles soared over Britain’s tropical Jurassic past

Despite heavy armor, new dinosaur used camouflage to hide from predators

How Ice Age climate change led to the extinction of mammoths...

15-million-year-old mollusk protein found

Earliest oceanic tetrapod ecosystem from 249 million years ago. A pod of the small-bodied ichthyopterygian ('fish-lizard') Grippia longirostris hunting squid-like ammonoids (top left). The marine amphibian Aphaneramma captures the bony fish Bobastrania (foreground). The gigantic ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus lurks in the depths (bottom right). Fossil of these ancient marine reptiles and amphibians are today preserved on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago. Credit: Robert Back

Oldest oceanic reptile ecosystem from the Age of Dinosaurs found on...

Cremastosperma brevipes, French Guiana.

Geological change confirmed as a factor behind the extensive diversity in...

Representative Image: A Glacier cave on Perito Moreno Glacier, in Los Glaciares National Park, southern Argentina. Credit: Martin St-Amant/Wikipedia

Megafaunal extinctions driven by too much moisture

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New exceptionally large carnivorous dinosaur footprints found in Lesotho.

‘Mega-carnivore’ dinosaur roamed southern Africa 200 million years ago

How the shape of eggs can help explain the evolutionary history...

Shift in Arabia sea plankton may threaten fisheries

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