More than 2,000 volunteers are helping Polish scientists restore the skeleton of the Mastodonsaurus, a fearsome aquatic ...

The word “millions” surfaces most often in daily life in connection with government spending. But a more fun reference using the word is how long ago it was that dinosaurs ...

It was time to find out, and so I called palaeontologist Professor Paul Barrett. Paul is a scientist who has named around 20 ...

A peculiar fossil of a long-necked reptile unearthed in India has pushed back the timeline of the popular colossal dinosaur ...

The remains of a dinosaur skull found in British Columbia campground belonged to a tyrannosaur that was lighter and faster ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a team of researchers discovered a new species of monkey and formed deep friendship along the way.

Clams and snails rule today’s shores because their ancient ancestors survived a catastrophe that erased nearly all ocean life. The shells scattered along modern beaches are clues to an ancient ...

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

With the passing of Sam Neill, the famous "Dr. Alan Grant," the era launched by Jurassic Park comes to a close: a time when ...

Roughly 50,000 years ago, a kangaroo unlike any alive today lived in the mountain rainforests of New Guinea. First discovered ...

But to a paleontologist, these scattered fragments can tell much larger stories – and from a single vertebra found in a ...