We may have gotten the evolutionary origins of the echidna backward, as new research suggests its ancestors probably lived in ...

Hold onto your sense of balance. Scientists have found fresh proof that Earth doesn't just drift through space — sometimes, ...

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some scientists have grave concerns. Swathes of scientific data deletions are ...

Fischer, V., Della Giustina, F., Bennion, R., and MacLaren, J.: How mid-Cretaceous events affected marine top predators, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-3100, ...

Before the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex and its relatives ruled the Mesozoic world's last act, Earth's top predators were the Carcharodontosaurids. These huge carnivores, named for their distinctive shark ...

Knife-toothed reptiles called sebecids went extinct on the mainland 10 million years ago. New fossil evidence puts them on an island 4 million years ago.

Scientists have identified a new species of ancient mammal from a small jawbone found in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.

A joint research team has discovered a fossil belonging to a previously unknown genus and species of mammal in the Late ...

"The fastest dinosaur was likely an Ornithomimosauria," Susannah Maidment, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in ...

Researchers have discovered the fossil of the oldest-known ant, Vulcanidris cratensis, preserved in limestone in Brazil. This ...

The fossil of a 113-million-year-old hell ant, believed to have lived among dinosaurs, has now become the oldest ant specimen ...

(Reuters) -Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant - a winged insect with fearsome ...