January 18, 2018

A team of researchers have uncovered a rich diversity of microscopic animal fossils from over half a billion years ago in rocks from the northern tip of Greenland.Current accounts of...

Biological Sciences, Paleobiology

December 11, 2017

Research suggests that the last common ancestor of humans and apes was smaller than previously thought.

Biological Sciences, Paleobiology

June 8, 2017

Palaeontologists have discovered a new species of ancient snake that lived 5 million years ago.

Biological Sciences, Paleobiology

March 27, 2017

The discovery of fossilised algae suggests that advanced multicellular life evolved much earlier than previously thought.

Biological Sciences, Paleobiology

March 8, 2017

A group of paleobiologists are refuting claims made last year about the classification of the ‘Tully monster’.

March 7, 2017

The discovery of the fossil of a penguin shows the species was around during the age of the dinosaurs, according to a team of scientists from Germany and New Zealand.

January 26, 2017

Researchers in the US have successfully isolated additional collagen from dinosaur fossils 80 million years old, suggesting organic molecules can last far longer than originally thought.

January 4, 2017

Scientists have named two new clades, or tribes, of horned dinosaurs based on fossils collected in the United States and Canada.

Biological Sciences, Paleobiology

December 1, 2016

Researchers have discovered evidence of diaphragms in mammal-like reptiles that lived 250-300 million years ago, confirming this muscle is older than was previously thought. Caseids – animals that lived during...

November 17, 2016

Researchers in Chile have discovered a new species of giant sea lizard that existed near the end of the Cretaceous period that has forced them to rethink how the species...