Australian scientists have discovered an ancient freshwater fish fossil with its stomach contents remarkably preserved. In a ...

Scientists recreate ancient proto-feathers in chicken embryos, revealing evolutionary resilience in feather development.

For a long time, we didn’t know, but now they must finally show their true colors: early mammals had dark brown fur. This ...

Chemical analysis suggests the 400-million-year-old fossil Prototaxites was neither plant, animal or fungus – hinting at a ...

Plastic waste has let common coots reuse nests year after year. Scientists have now used the trash layers to date how old nests are.

From two weeks onwards, feather development in the embryos partially returned to normal. The chicks with the altered pathway ...

Cranial kinesis allows modern birds to eat a wider variety of foods and use their beaks as multifunctional tools.

Died 30,000 years ago, discovered 136 years ago and disrupting the field of palaeontology just this week – the surprising ...

Paleontologists have unveiled a 30,000-year-old vulture fossil in Italy, preserved in volcanic ash, showcasing microscopic ...

A 30,000-year-old vulture feather represents a "two-for-the-price-of one" discovery: the fossil itself, and the first ...

Scientists in Australia have made an exciting discovery—a 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish that not only provides clues about ancient life but also has preserved stomach contents and ...

Studies of the horns, spikes, plates and clubs of dinosaurs could help settle a long-standing debate over their function ...