Scientists have unearthed a well-preserved fossil skeleton of this newly identified species, named Skiphosoura bavarica, in a discovery that fills a major gap in the understanding of the evolution ...

The KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum includes a live ancient plant garden display showing the resilience ...

Júlia d’Oliveira Paleontologists have unearthed a well-preserved skull fossil that could advance our understanding of avian intelligence. This ancient bird lived in what is now Brazil roughly ...

Now, a newly discovered fossil provides the most complete glimpse to date of the brains of the ancestral birds that once flew above the dinosaurs. The species was named Navaornis hestiae ...

Paleontologists have revealed a previously unknown species of early bird following the discovery of a remarkable "one-of-a-kind" fossil. The prehistoric species, named Navaornis hestiae ...

The fossil teeth of a roughly 11-year-old individual reveal slowed development of premolar and molar teeth up to about age 5, followed by speeded development of those same teeth. That slower start ...

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy ...

At more than 160 million years old, a recently discovered amphibian fossil has set a new record for the earliest known tadpole. And it's a doozy, stretching almost 16 centimeters (or 6 inches) in ...

By Brad Plumer Reporting from the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan One year after world leaders made a splashy promise to shift away from fossil fuels, countries are burning more oil ...

A remarkable fossil could transform our understanding of how the intelligence of modern birds evolved. The 80-million-year-old complete skull of a bird is revealing more about the evolution of brain ...

While there are now fossil hominins twice as old as Lucy, she remains a paleoanthropological rock star. Made up of 47 bones from the same individual, she was the oldest known and the most complete ...