Ulughbegasaurus, a giant predator from 90 million years ago that eclipsed the first tyrannosaurs, has been discovered.

For the first time, scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered, living tropical tree species. The ...

A peculiar spiny fossil, once thought to represent one of the earliest mollusks, has now been conclusively reclassified by ...

Did you know there’s a legend about a creepy creature lurking in the Gobi Desert? They call it the Mongolian Death Worm, and it’s said to be a long, red, slimy thing that can spit venom or even shoot ...

A complete Mixodectes pungens skeleton reveals it was a leaf-eating, tree-dwelling mammal closely related to primates and ...

The fossils of Ravjaa ishii were unearthed in the Baynshire Formation, one of the Gobi Desert's fossil-rich ancient rock layers. The discovery was made during a joint expedition in 2019 by researchers ...

New discoveries in the Dominican Republic suggest sebecids roamed the Caribbean as recently as 4.5 million years ago, long ...

Researchers have determined that a mysterious jawbone discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Taiwan was Denisovan, ...

A mystery has been building in the Caribbean. Decades ago, fossilized teeth were discovered in Cuba dating to about 18 million years ago. They were small but tapered, sharp and serrated. They were the ...

Palaeontologist Sarah Gabbott explains what’s so unusual about her discovery, which she named as part of the process of ...