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Life reconstruction of Mosura fentoni, art by Danielle Dufault © ROM

Palaeontologists discover 506-million-year-old predator

Professor Long compares the trackways with a modern Iguana foot.

Fossil tracks revise march of early life on Earth

Artist’s reconstruction of the new species Litoria tylerantiqua (right) and previously described species Platyplectrum casca (left) from Murgon, south-eastern Queensland Credit: Samantha Yabsley,

Australia’s oldest prehistoric tree frog hops 22 million years back in...

An image from the reconstruction of the dinosaur's movements. Image: Dr A Romilio

Digital reconstruction reveals 80 steps of prehistoric life

Evan Saitta, the paper’s lead author, with an emperor penguin in the Field Museum’s bird collections. Photographer(s): Kate Golembiewski (c) Field Museum

When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster...

Detailed highlights of the rock sample at Biloela in Queensland.

Dozens of 3-toed dinosaurs leave their mark in Queensland

At the 12th day of incubation, feather buds exhibit longitudinal domains of cell density that correspond to the barbs of the future down feather. © Rory Cooper & Michel Milinkovitch (CC BY)

From dinosaurs to birds: the origins of feather formation

Dryolestes, a Late Jurassic relative of the Cretaceous therians. Credit: Artist James Brown, courtesy of Pamela Gill

Mammals were adapting from life in the trees to living on...

The juvenile vertebra of the pterosaur is seen in comparison to an adult-sized one. The bite occurred some 76 million years ago Credit: University of Reading

Rare pterosaur fossil reveals crocodilian bite 76m years ago

Reconstruction of the appearance in life of a gorgonopsian in a floodplain of the Permian of Mallorca. Credit: Henry Sutherland Sharpe

World’s oldest mammalian ancestor discovered in Mallorca

An strange, extinct plant once thought to be related to modern ginseng is now considered the lone representative of an unknown family. Credit: Florida Museum of Natural History / Jeff Gage

Mysterious plant fossil belongs to a family that no longer exists

A close-up of two tiny, whitefly puparia.

Insect fossil find ‘extremely rare’

UV photography of Pterodactylus. Ultraviolet light reveals remarkable details of the fossil invisible under normal lighting. This famous specimen showcases preserved soft tissues, including the delicate wing membranes, which fluoresce vividly under UV illumination.

A festive flying reptile family reunion 150 million years in the...

An imposing fully-grown male Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus wandering the Kashmir Valley, 400 thousand years ago, towering over a herd of Central Asian red deer traversing by. In the distance, a small band of prehistoric humans set up campfire to cook their meal. Credit: Chen Yu, University of Helsinki

Giant prehistoric elephant skull from India belongs to mysterious extinct species

The fossil is believed to be between 11 and 16 million years old, from the Miocene Period. Credit: Michael Frese, University of Canberra

Extremely well-preserved fossil sawfly sheds new light on co-evolution of insects...

The holotype specimen of Lomankus edgecombei. Photograph at left, other images at right are 3D models from CT scanning. Credit: Luke Parry (photograph), Yu Liu, Ruixin Ran (3D models).

Golden bugs: Spectacular new fossil arthropods preserved in fool’s gold

This image provided by Mariana Chuliver shows the oldest-known tadpole fossil found in Patagonia, Argentina. Credit: Mariana Chuliver via AP

This ancient tadpole fossil is the oldest ever discovered

Life restoration of two Skiphosoura bavarica in flight. Credit: Gabriel Ugueto.

New fossil reveals the evolution of flying reptiles

Paleontologists and students from McGill University have documented Saskatchewan's first confirmed fossil specimens

Paleontologists discover Saskatchewan’s first Centrosaurus and Citipes elegans fossils

Fossil skull of the newly described amphibian. Credit: David Lovelace

Fossil amphibians found in burrows where they waited for the next...

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