Paleontologists
A 99 million-year-old beetle trapped in amber offers scientists hints about how Earth’s landmasses were arranged long ago, according to a paper published in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology.
Sometimes hidden clues beneath our feet can reveal intriguing stories about the impacts of environmental change.
Some 310 million years ago, a reptile-like creature with an unusual gait roamed the sandy expanses of the Grand Canyon, leaving a trail of 28 footprints that can still be seen today.
Archaeopteryx was first described as the ‘missing link’ between reptiles and birds in 1861 — and is now regarded as the ...
It is hard to imagine billions of tonnes of rock suddenly start to splosh about like a liquid - but that is what happened when an asteroid struck the Earth 66 million years...
At the end of a street of newly built high-rises in the northern Chinese city of Yanji stands an exposed cliff face, where paleontologists scrape away 100 million-year-old rock in search of prehistoric bones.
Some 66 million years ago, an enormous asteroid struck Earth with the ferocity of millions of atomic bombs. Up to 10 miles wide, the space rock had a...
Steak knife-like teeth in the most complete Pachycephalosaurus jaw ever found look suspiciously like those of a carnivore.
A new species of Archaeopteryx, the famous “first bird”, has been identified. The discovery supports the idea that Archaeopteryx ...