A revolutionary study from the University of Liverpool has upended fundamental assumptions about the fossilization process, potentially transforming how scientists approach the study of ancient life.

A team of researchers has discovered the cranium of a fossil ape from Shuitangba, a Miocene site in Yunnan Province, China. The juvenile cranium of the fossil ape Lufengpithecus is significant, ...

The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where preservation shouldn’t be possible. Scientists now think their survival in ...

“A DNA strand, like me, is a blueprint for building a living thing” says the anthropomorphic double-helix Mr. DNA at the beginning of 1993’s Jurassic Park, “...And sometimes, animals that went extinct ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material, made with living tree resin, will shed light on the prehistoric fossilization of the real stuff. By Richard Fisher Amber is coveted the world over as ...

An international team led by Curtin University analyzed a 113-million-year-old pterosaur wing bone from Brazil, preserved in three dimensions with rare chemical traces. Researchers identified ...

Deep-time fossils usually don't reveal the sex of the ancient creature, but new research aims to change that. Reading time 6 minutes How can you tell if a dinosaur is female or male? It’s one of the ...

They’re not many people’s favorite bird, likely due to their macabre associations, but recently a vulture has got the scientific community very excited. That’s because the vulture in question is ...