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.
A large koala-like species of wombat the size of a sheep would have graced treetops 15 million years ago.
The fossilised bones from a 3.4 million-year-old human ancestor have been found in Africa.
Scientists describe how the scops owl species flourished but was driven to extinction by humans.
The fossil remains of what is believed to be a new species of human have been unearthed.
Fossils have been discovered of an ancient penguin which stood taller than the Emperor penguin.