The fossil remains of a whole new species of carnivorous dinosaur have been unearthed in Argentina.
The well-preserved 14,000-year-old remains were unearthed by utility workers in the city of Tultepec.
The prehistoric aquatic reptile fossil, which was found in a quarry, dates back over 200 million years.
The fossil organ was discovered inside the remains of a fish specimen dating back 119 million years.
New evidence has indicated that Homo floresiensis may have died out shortly after homo sapiens arrived.
A recently discovered fossil could contain what scientists have been seeking for years: dinosaur DNA.
Paleontologists have revealed the discovery of one of the world's largest ever Jurassic fossil sites.
A type of insect that looked very much like a modern butterfly was common during the Jurassic period.
A fossil belonging to one of the oldest known species of Jurassic dinosaur has been unearthed in Wales.
Scientists have found evidence that a prehistoric species of human was still alive relatively recently.
750 million-year-old fossils have revealed evidence of a deadly microbe with vampiric tendencies.
Today's rats might be getting bigger but they can't possibly compare to this ancient species of rodent.
Paleontologists have unearthed a nest full of baby hadrosaurs in a fossil-rich region of Mongolia.
A 20 million-year-old flea trapped in amber is thought to be carrying the ancestor of Black Death.
Samples of fossilized fur have made it possible to determine what color bats were 49 million years ago.
The new research endeavor will make it possible for anyone to make a ground-breaking fossil discovery.
Palaeontologists believe that they have found a way to determine the color of a dinosaur's feathers.
Scientists have unearthed the fossil remains of a strange species of snake with four tiny limbs.
Scientists have discovered an ancestor of the velociraptor with distinctly bird-like traits.
Red blood cells and connective tissues are thought to be preserved within countless fossil specimens.