When we think about living fossils, most of us likely think about crocodiles, alligators, sharks or some other primeval ...

The number of dinosaurs may have been stable before the asteroid impact, despite evidence that species were getting less diverse ...

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived ...

A new study is reshaping how scientists date dinosaur fossils in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park (DPP). Using advanced drone-assisted 3D mapping, researchers have uncovered significant variations ...

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

The bones, which Bennison found in Del Puerto Canyon in Stanislaus County, represented the first scientifically documented ...

This is especially significant as it is the first fossil proof of dinosaurs preying on mammals in the Jehol Biota ecosystem in northeastern China, a region famed for its well-preserved dinosaur bones.

However, at face value, the fossils available for study from this time — more than 8,000 — suggest the number of dinosaur species peaked about 75 million years ago and then declined in the 9 ...