The evolution of the modern mammal jaw is more complex than previously thought, according to a new analysis of fossils belonging to two mammaliamorph species:...
The fish supergroup Otophysi, known for their enhanced hearing, comprises two-thirds of living freshwater fish species. Previously, they were thought to...
Platysomus parvulus, a species of ray-finned fish that lived 310 million years ago, had a unique way of eating never seen in ray-finned fish from that...
Horseshoe crabs are an ancient lineage with an evolutionary history stretching back 450 million years (Ordovician period) and are generally considered...
The armored ankylosaurian dinosaurs are best known from Late Cretaceous northern hemisphere ecosystems, but their early evolution in the Early-Middle Jurassic...
The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been radically altered over millions...
Named Cordualadensa acorni, the new dragonfly species from Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park represents the only Mesozoic dragonfly for Canada and fills...
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of Triassic drepanosauromorph diapsid with striking integumentary appendages — which are neither...
A team of paleontologists from Yale University and Stony Brook University made this discovery after examining fossils from two species of bird-like dinosaurs...
Using an innovative digital fossil-mining approach, paleontologists analyzed more than 250 fossil beaks from 40 ancient squid species. Their results suggest...
New research led by scientists from the Ruhr-University Bochum, the University of Prince Edward Island, Ankara University and the University of Bari Aldo...
In new research, paleontologists combined data on the distribution of Triassic pterosauromorph (pterosaur + lagerpetid) fossils with information on the...
Biofluorescence, the absorption of high-energy light and its reemission at lower energy wavelengths, is widespread across vertebrate and invertebrate lineages,...
Scientifically named Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, the newly-identified tyrannosauroid species is the closest-known ancestor to Tyrannosaurus rex.
Khankhuuluu...
Dubbed the Chicago Archaeopteryx, the new fossil is the 14th known specimen of this iconic Jurassic species.
The Chicago Archaeopteryx. Image credit: Delaney...
Paleontologists have discovered fossilized tracks of a reptile-like animal — securely dated to the early Tournaisian age of the Carboniferous period,...
The genus Tyrannosaurus most likely arose in North America, although its direct ancestors migrated over from Asia more than 70 million years ago, according...
The new specimen represents the world’s oldest cerapodan ornithischian dinosaur, according to a team of paleontologists from Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah...
Malus is a genus with over 35 species naturally distributed across the temperate northern hemisphere, from East Asia and Europe to North America. This...
Scientists have extracted and analyzed 34 new mammoth (Mammuthus spp.) mitochondrial genomes, including two Early Pleistocene and nine Middle Pleistocene...
