A newly discovered fossil dates back to between 270-280 million years ago, pushing back their existence by around 15 million ...

Fossils of the oldest saber-toothed predator are helping researchers understand the evolution of early mammal relatives ...

Eurasia and Africa were once populated by 13-tonne, 4 metre tall elephants, but their evolution has long remained a puzzle. A ...

The nightmare crustacean sea creature was discovered by scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and is the first ...

The origin of mammals is shrouded in mystery, but every fossil clue helps rewrite the story. A new discovery on a ...

Scientists uncovered 280 million-year-old fossil remains of the oldest known animal with 'saber teeth.' This ancient animal ...

A 205-million-year-old fossil discovered near Bristol has been confirmed as the oldest known modern lizard, pushing back the ...

Mosasaurs are extinct marine lizards, spectacular examples of which were first discovered in 1766 near Maastricht in the ...

A tiny lizard fossil, Cryptovaranoides microlanius, is 205 million years old. It shifts Squamata origins back by 35 million ...

The researchers found bones and crushed teeth — likely crushed against hard food items and involuntarily ingested — in the fossil droppings of the bone-crushing archosaur Smok, a top predator ...

Scientists have uncovered an apex predator that once ruled the prehistoric world, eclipsing early relatives of the ...

An analysis of hundreds of bromalites – fossilised faeces and vomit – shows how changes in diet enabled dinosaurs to take ...