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megalodon's teeth

How megalodon’s teeth evolved into the ‘ultimate cutting tools’

Capromyid or hutia fossils that were found digested by Cuban crocodiles,

Ancient mammal remains digested by crocodiles reveal new species

leptocleididae

A small plesiosaur lived in Spain 125 million years ago

Amoebozoa

Amoebae diversified at least 750 million years ago, far earlier than...

Fossil Fish E. diskosomus.

Paleontology: Diversification after mass extinction

These are worm tunnels (labelled) visible in small section of rock.

500-million-year old worm ‘superhighway’ discovered in Canada

This is a fossil hominin talus from site GWM67 (2005) at the time of its discovery.

New findings shed light on origin of upright walking in human...

Yellowstone National Park

‘Incredibly’ diverse microbial community high in Yellowstone

shark teeth

A rare assemblage of sharks and rays from nearshore environments of...

Chinle frog

Oldest frog relative found in North America

Amiskwia sagittiformis

Half-a-billion-year-old weird wonder worm finally gets its place in the tree...

Digital model of the skull of Leptarctus primus, showing reconstructed jaw muscle groups in red, yellow, and pink. The virtual muscles were activated in bite simulations to test the biomechanical capability of this extinct weasel relative.

Extinct weasel relative with confounding skull likely ate meat with a...

Layered lava flows within the Wai Subgroup from near Ambenali Ghat, Western Ghats.

Do volcanoes or an asteroid deserve blame for dinosaur extinction?

New species of tiny tyrannosaur foreshadows rise of T. rex

Adzebill skeleton

Origins of giant extinct New Zealand bird traced to Africa

Scientists excavate a dinosaur bone bed along the Colville River.

Marsupial lived among Arctic dinosaurs

This is an illustration depicting Mnyamawamtuka in its environmental setting.

New dinosaur with heart-shaped tail provides evolutionary clues for African continent

A fossil of a conifer called Cunninghamia.

New study of fossil plants shows the emergence of the Pacific...

Previously, the oldest traces of this kind found dated to approximately 600 million years ago: the Ediacaran period, also characterized by a peak in dioxygen and a proliferation in biodiversity. Scale bar: 1 cm. Credit: A. El Albani / IC2MP / CNRS - Université de Poitiers

Discovery of the oldest evidence of mobility on Earth

Megalodon extinction graphical abstract.

Giant ‘megalodon’ shark extinct earlier than previously thought

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