The complete fossil of a 23 million-year-old lizard has been discovered preserved in a piece of amber.
The fossil remains of a strange prehistoric cigar-shaped creature have been discovered in Morocco.
A recently discovered batch of fossil eggs is being hailed as a missing link in dinosaur egg evolution.
A 505 million-year-old fossil has been named after its resemblance to film character Edward Scissorhands.
The fossil remains of a new species of dolphin-like Cretaceous era sea reptile have been discovered.
The fossilized skeleton of a newly discovered subspecies of therapod dinosaur has been discovered.
The partly fossilized elephant bird egg was snapped up at a London auction for double its estimate.
Referred to as a 'living fossil', the coelacanth has barely changed at all in over 300 million years.
The two-million-year-old fossil remains of an ancient human ancestor have been uncovered in South Africa.
Palaeontologists have unearthed the oldest known fossilized dinosaur embryos ever discovered.
Researchers have discovered large numbers of fossil dinosaur eggs in northeastern Spain.
Fossil fragments belonging to a giant extinct camel species have been unearthed on Ellesmere island.
The astrobiologist has claimed that fossil diatoms found in a meteorite are proof of alien life.
Researchers have uncovered bacteria fossils so old that they predate oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere.
Fossil remains discovered in Tanzania are being hailed as that of the oldest dinosaur ever found.
Scientists have observed signs of violent head-butting on fossil skulls of pachycephalosaurs.
Excavated panda fossils hold clues suggesting that our ancestors may have viewed pandas as a food source.
Clues to the diet of some dinosaurs can be found by analysing fossils for their stomach contents.
Fossils dating back to 500,000 years ago have been found in a vast newly discovered network of caves.
A new well preserved fossil find suggests that feathered dinosaurs may have been quite common.