The newly unearthed fossils, however, include a specimen with a full body outline. The fossil is from the early Late ...
A reptile with a curved beak capable of tearing apart pieces of meat, and “hands” with long fingers and sharp, curved claws, ideal for grasping branches. This is Venetoraptor gassenae of the ...
Three flying reptiles from Earth's distant past glide above the gray Pacific, far beyond the rollers breaking on the shore of Point Reyes, California. They flap their wings slowly for a few beats ...
Psittacosaurus, a fossil known for its "remarkable for the exquisite preservation of squamous (scaly) skin and other soft ...
A few years ago, Maria McNamara was invited to Brussels by fellow paleontologist Pascal Godefroit and presented with an intriguing opportunity. At the time, they were collaborating on a study of ...
A newly discovered species of ancient amphibian ancestor that lived around 270 million years ago has been named after Kermit the Frog. Scientists analysed the remains of an inch-long fossilised ...
The development of flight in insects, birds, mammals and now-extinct pterosaurs is a classic example of this phenomenon.
Paleontologists have unearthed a new species of pterosaur in a new study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
The fossil was identified as a temnospondyl, a predecessor to modern amphibians that survived over a 200 million year duration spanning from the Carboniferous to the Triassic periods. K.
In recent years researchers have begun to piece together the intricate process by which feathers develop. Like scales, spines ...
Jan. 10, 2024 — Picrodontids -- an extinct family of placental mammals that lived several million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs -- are not primates as previously ... 'Juvenile T.
Apr. 3, 2024 — A fungus devastating frogs and toads on nearly every continent may have an Achilles heel. Scientists have discovered a virus that infects the fungus, and that could be engineered ...