Embedded in the slab’s fine sandstone are delicate imprints: long toes ending in sharp claws, left by an animal that trotted ...

The mysterious ‘ghost mountains’ – buried beneath kilometres of Antarctic ice – have puzzled scientists for decades.

Scientists confirm Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, submerged almost two million square miles, with only 5% above water.

A fossil from British Columbia, originally discovered in the 80s, has finally been identified as a new species named ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, ...

After a brief rain in part of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana 350 million years ago, a reptile pressed its small claws ...

Fossilized footprints of a primitive reptile found on a slab of rock from Australia could rewrite the story of how animals ...

In new research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, we identify Australia’s earliest known species of ...

Fossil tracks found in Australia push the origin of reptiles back by 40 million years, altering the timeline of tetrapod ...

Zealandia was once a part of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.About 100 million years ago, it started to rift and subside under tectonic pressure, exposing only the summit of it. Recent geology ...

In other words, the appearance of reptiles—and by extension, the evolutionary branch that leads to humankind—gets pushed back by 35 million years. The team’s conclusions also mean that the split ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone ...