Fossils

The find, said Shorouq Al-Ashqar, is "a dream for any vertebrate paleontologist."

"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.

Researchers discovered a protein in a 68- to 66-million-year-old fossil that many scientists would have argued should have long been destroyed.

A fossil hunter found a lump of prehistoric vomit roughly dated to the time of the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Paleontologist Caleb Brown said that the fossil is "exceptionally uncommon"—not least because the pterosaur was a juvenile.

The earliest dinosaurs may have evolved in a rather different environment than was previously assumed.

A study on the teeth of ancestors to humans that lived around 3.5 million years ago suggests they ate mainly or only plants.

"What we saw in the historical images surprised us all," said paleontologist Maximilian Kellermann.

An ancient, fossilized forest, which thrived for centuries at high altitude, has been revealed beneath a melting ice patch.

'North America's oldest dinosaur' discovered, challenging Dino origin story

Giant tracks discovered underground have offered an "extraordinary window" into the lives of the giants that roamed the Earth hundreds of millions of years ago.

"This discovery is a testament to the rich paleontological history of New York," New York State Museum's Robert Feranec said.

A 47-million-year-old fossil found in Utah has shed new light on a "strange" prehistoric plant species.

The prehistoric creature is thought to have lived around 280-270 million years ago and was likely a "top predator" in its day.

The discovery pushes back the evolution of advanced pterosaurs and also supports a surprising new setting for their evolution.

The previously unknown lizard-like creature lived more than 200 million years ago during the Late Triassic period.

The 150-million-year-old Apex fossil is thought to be one of the largest and most complete Stegosaurus skeletons ever found.

The fossilized tyrannosaur teeth are thought to date to around 135 million years ago and represent a first of its kind discovery.

Newly discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints reveal how two extinct human species crossed paths within hours of each other.

Scans of fossilized feces have revealed what the early members of this iconic species ate to help them take over the world.

The new species would have resembled the iconic "sandworms" from the science fiction franchise "Dune", one researcher said.

The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin specimens.

A man shared a photo of a tooth his wife found in her backyard as a child, and social media users had theories about its origin.

The newly described species belong to a dinosaur family best known for their extensive body armor.

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

A 12-million-year-old fossil has revealed what may be the largest known "terror bird" ever found, according to paleontologists.

The giant specimen, found in southern Argentina, is the oldest-known tadpole ever found in the fossil record.

Paleontologist Luke Parry told Newsweek that the fossils, originally found in New York, are an "extremely rare" find.

The animal lived about 70 million to 75 million years ago in a part of the state that would likely have been a swampy environment.

The strange creature—which bears a question-mark shape on its body—roved about like a prehistoric Roomba, researchers said.