The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a ...

A study of the fossilised fur of six mammals from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods has found they were all greyish-brown ...

Extremely rare fossil of an ancient scorpion unearthed at China's Jehol Biota. The scorpion would've been a key species in ...

Scientists discovered two Jurassic bird fossils in China, pushing back bird diversification by 20 million years. One, ...

Dinosaurs have captured people's imagination ever since their bones and teeth were first scientifically described in 1822 by ...

Paleontologists recently announced the discovery of a new species that may help explain the history of life on Earth.

The findings reveal that insects developed modern patterns of herbivory long before flowering plants flourished, upending a ...

Scientists have discovered South Africa’s youngest known dinosaur tracks along the remote coastline of the Western Cape. The newly identified footprints, estimated to be around 140 million years old, ...

Chinese scientists have found a 125-million-year-old venomous scorpion fossil in northeast China. The discovery, made by ...