A group of fossils of elasmosaurs—some of the most famous in North America—have just been formally identified as belonging to ...

The odd-looking specimen with scythe-like jaws indicates that early ants were spread widely across the globe while dinosaurs ...

Two fossils of singing cicadas, one of which was remarkably well preserved, reveals that the insects dispersed in Europe ...

A budding palaeontologist has dug up fossils in his garden dating back 140 million years. Elliott, seven, moved into his new home in Matlock, Derbyshire, three months ago. During work in the front ...

A new study suggests two fossil trackways found in Australia were made by an early amniote, a group that today includes ...

A British boy has found Jurassic-era fossils while working in the front garden of his family’s new home in Matlock, Derbyshire.

A 165-million-year-old femur has been discovered in Morocco, the oldest cerapodan fossil ever found. It is a key find for ...

A polished piece of amber from Myanmar has revealed one of the most significant fossil discoveries in recent years– an ...

The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought -- thanks to evidence discovered at an Australian fossil site that represents a critical ...

New insights into the flying capabilities of a nonbird dinosaur were drawn from an unusually well-preserved specimen known as ...

She added: "In the UK, most of our fossils are hidden under vegetation, which means the rocks they're in aren't at the surface or getting revealed by erosion. "The good places tend to be where ...