Oct 15, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Scientists led by Dr Ralph Harbach of Natural History Museum in London have reported a stunning discovery: a well-preserved 46-million-year-old female...

May 2, 2013 by News Staff

A tiny bird fossil, named Eocypselus rowei, offers clues to the precursors of hummingbird and swift wings. Specimen of Eocypselus rowei (Daniel T. Ksepka...

Dec 5, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of paleontologists has identified two ancient species of mosquitoes from so-called compression fossils found in the Kishenehn Basin,...

Aug 2, 2012 by News Staff

Baobab and palm trees once thrived on today’s icy coasts of Antarctica about 52 million years ago, a new study led by the Goethe University and the...

Jul 27, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A survey of the extensive fruit and seed collections from the Middle Eocene of the Messel fossil site in Germany has revealed 140 genera, representing...

Jun 29, 2012 by News Staff

A new fish fossil from the lower Eocene found by Oxford University researcher Dr Matt Friedman has revealed why flatfishes have one of the most unusual...