A fresh analysis of rocks from one of these periods, the Ediacaran (about 630-540 million years ago), aims to solve a ...

When an asteroid slammed into what is now Lake Lappajärvi in Finland some 78 million years ago, it unleashed unimaginable ...

Scientists discover strange glassy beads in southern Australia, revealing a previously unknown asteroid impact around 11 million years ago.

However, because infant specimens are extremely rare in the fossil record, scientists were until now unsure if these ...

For decades, Paranthropus robustus has intrigued scientists as a powerful, big-jawed cousin of early humans. Now, thanks to ancient protein analysis, researchers have cracked open new secrets hidden ...

Body size evolution has long been a core topic in paleontological research. Cope's rule describes the tendency for body size ...

We know this because our new study describes a spectacular fossilised skull of a great penguin found on the Taranaki coast. Overall, it is 31% longer than the skull of an emperor penguin (Aptenodytes ...