A new snake’s unique head anatomy suggests early snakes were even more diverse than thought. This one was a rare burrower.

A rare 3D snake fossil from Brazil reveals specialized features for burrowing, offering new evidence of how diverse snakes ...

A remarkably preserved skull bone from a 320-million-year-old coelacanth, one of Earth's rarest prehistoric fish, has been ...

Long before dinosaurs ruled the continents and modern crocodiles first appeared, their ancestors were already going through a ...

Jaw fragments from Egypt’s Wadi Moghra reveal Masripithecus, a 17-million-year-old ape that may shift early-ape evolution from East Africa to North Africa.

The world’s most famous dinosaur entered life looking nothing like the giant predator that would one day dominate North ...

Morocco has recovered nine rare fossilized reptile teeth dating back between 66 and 72 million years after French authorities ...

THE remains of a “very rare” 320million-year-old fish have been discovered at a UK beauty spot. The fossil of the coelacanth ...

The era of dinosaurs sparks a sense of wonder - and those who dig deeper into that world can find it surprisingly lucrative.

Scientists have identified a new crocodile precursor that looked deceptively dinosaur-like and hunted with speed and precision. Named Tainrakuasuchus bellator, the armored “warrior” lived 240 million ...

More than 2,000 volunteers in Warsaw are helping Polish scientists restore a nearly six-metre Mastodonsaurus skeleton, a ...

A tiny gecko trapped in Myanmar amber for almost 99 million years has given scientists a rare look at one of the oldest known ...