An historic breakthrough with the Reedfish! Ralf Britz and Ritva Roesler attempt to rear these living fossils. The Reed fish (or Rope eel) of the genus Erpetoichthys and the bichirs of the genus ...

Some mormyrid species found here, such as Gnathonemus petersii, are among the most commonly encountered in the aquarium trade. Four species of bichirs (Polypterus) and one of reedfish (Erpetoichthys) ...

The birds of today descended from the dinosaurs of yore. Researchers have known relatively little, however, about how the bird's brain took shape over tens of millions of years. "Birds are one of ...

The prehistoric species, named Navaornis hestiae, lived approximately 80 million years ago—before the mass extinction event that wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs, which occurred around 66 ...

Navaornis lived approximately 80 million years ago in what is now Brazil, before the mass extinction event that killed all non-avian dinosaurs. The researchers say their discovery, reported in the ...

The 80-million-year-old complete skull of a bird is revealing more about the evolution of brain structure from the earliest known bird-like dinosaurs to modern birds. A ‘one of a kind’ discovery could ...

Navaornis lived approximately 80 million years ago in what is now Brazil, before the mass extinction event that killed all non-avian dinosaurs. Artist’s impression of Navaornis. Credit: Júlia ...

Ankylosaur armor could likely withstand the impact of a high-speed car crash, the best-preserved dinosaur fossil on record has revealed. The fossil belonged to a nodosaur, a plant-eating dinosaur ...

Experts had speculated that the key to this exceptional preservation might be related to the volcanism of the area, with some believing that eruptions occurred in waves that buried the dinosaurs ...

Paleontologists debate whether silesaurids were true dinosaurs or possibly a precursor to the creatures that once dominated the Earth. Paleontologist from the Federal University of Santa Maria ...

A famous fossil formation in the Yixian region of Northeast China has revealed some of the most striking, well-preserved dinosaur remains on record. Over the past 60 years, archaeologists ...