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...
A tiny bird fossil, named Eocypselus rowei, offers clues to the precursors of hummingbird and swift wings.
Specimen of Eocypselus rowei (Daniel T. Ksepka...
An international team of paleontologists has identified two ancient species of mosquitoes from so-called compression fossils found in the Kishenehn Basin,...
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...
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...