Palaeontologists unveiled on Wednesday the fossil of a young marine crocodile dating back 10 to 12 million years that was ...

The team of experts built up a detailed picture of the Triassic and Jurassic ecosystems thanks to the discoveries made with ...

The sabre-toothed cat cub is almost small enough to hold in one hand, but its discovery after 32,000 years is a momentous ...

Palaeontologists found fossils of the parrot in southern New Zealand A giant parrot that roamed New Zealand about 19 million years ago had a height of 1m (3ft 3in) - more than half the average ...

Palaeontologists generally agree that Spinosaurus was a fish-eating dinosaur. However, there has been ongoing debate about its lifestyle and hunting methods. Some studies propose that these ...

Palaeontologists have discovered a new species of ancient crocodile-like reptile, which lived around 237 million years ago during the Triassic Period. The fossils were found in a fossiliferous ...

It has seen him cross paths with miners, collectors and traders from all over Australia, and world-class palaeontologists like Jenni and Liz. Reading Liz and Bob's book on fossils redefined opal m ...

Roboticists are using robots to study how the ancestors of modern land animals transitioned from swimming to walking.

Researchers have been able to identify undigested food remains, plants and prey in the fossilized feces of dinosaurs. These analyses of hundreds of samples provide clues about the role dinosaurs ...

For palaeontologists in the field, few techniques have changed much since the early days of dinosaur hunting. Many of us associate science with high-tech undertakings. But when it comes to digging up ...

“Specimens like this provide palaeontologists with important information about when these animals lived. Many examples of Ichthyosaurus are from historical collections and most do not have good ...

The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia is written by a unique mix of Russian and Western palaeontologists, and provides an entrée to a range of fossil faunas, in particular reptiles, that have ...