Some 40 million years before the dinosaurs dominated Earth, a different sort of apex predator roamed the Gondwana supercontinent during the late Palaeozoic ice age: a massive, eight foot-long ...

It belongs to a lineage believed to have given rise to the three living branches of amphibians – frogs, salamanders ... of the fossil, we really thought it looked like Kermit the Frog ...

Gururaja K.V. remembers that there were 220 species of amphibians that were described from India back in 2002 when he was ...

Scientists recently unearthed a series of Komodo dragon fossils in eastern Australia dating ... while still remaining safe (they are known predators of people, after all). Sure, the tuatara might look ...

Imagine a world on the brink of collapse: volcanic eruptions spewing toxic gases, oceans turning acidic, and up to 90% of ...

By studying rare fossils of jaws and other skull parts of a long-extinct Caribbean monkey, a team of researchers says it has uncovered new evidence documenting the anatomy and ecology of an extinct ...

Early Dingoes Are Related to Dogs from New Guinea and East Asia Sep. 18, 2024 — New archaeological research has discovered for the first time clear links between fossils of the iconic Australian ...

The discovery of these jaws with blunt, mushroom-shaped teeth reveals how this Late Cretaceous predator specialized in crushing shells.

They were the dominant species of their time, much like antelopes dominate the Serengeti today. As such, they have left a rich fossil record, including conspicuous and often very large skulls and ...

This task is virtually impossible with most types of fossils. Physical damage, like bite marks, can be used to study ancient scuffles between predator and prey, but paleontologists seldom find ...

What seemed to be an ordinary renovation turned out to be an extraordinary discovery when a trove of ancient fossils was uncovered. There are millions of fossils that make up those excavated since ...