Palaentologists have discovered the fossil remains of a large fish dating back 423 million years.
Palaentologists have uncovered the best preserved cluster of three dimensionsal fossils ever discovered.
The remarkable preservation of 120-million-year-old fossil beds in China may have finally been explained.
Paleontologists have pieced together a new species of sauropod dinosaur from its fossil remains.
The remains of a prehistoric crocodile-like creature have been discovered in the wilds of west Texas.
A recently discovered prehistoric fish is believed to exhibit an early precursor to modern arms and legs.
Scientists have discovered traces of skin pigment in the fossilized remains of prehistoric sea beasts.
A new fossil discovery suggests that humans were not the only species capable of complex speech.
Fossil remains of an ancient hominim species dating back 1.34 million years have been unearthed.
The foul-smelling single-celled microbes are believed to have lived more than 3.5 billion years ago.
Fossil skull fragments of a prehistoric species of large cat have been unearthed in the Himalayas.
Dubbed 'platypus-zilla', the ancient ancestor of today's platypus was thought to be over 1m in length.
A fossilized mosquito filled with blood has been found that dates back over 46 million years.
Scientists in China have discovered the earliest known creature that possesses a distinct face.
The pre-mammalian rodent-like creature is offering new insights in to how our distant ancestors lived.
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.