The way that turtles evolved into their modern form, with a shell fused to their skeleton and a beaklike face without teeth, has been described as “one of evolution’s most enduring puzzles”.
Scientist says, ancient arachnid comes from the famous Mazon Creek locality in Illinois and is roughly 308 million years old.
It was frozen in time as it regenerated half of its body. The post World’s first fossil of 155-million-year-old creature ...
A reproduction of the skull belonging to Mrs Ples, whose fossilised remains were discovered in a South African cave in 1947 Fossilised remains belonging to some of humanity's oldest ancestors are ...
HOUSTON - Before a T. rex (Tyrannosaurus rex) can tower over museum visitors or a Triceratops can show off its huge horns, dinosaur fossils must first be painstakingly reconstructed — cleaned ...
Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and a nose for novelty animal stories. The title of largest ever marine ...
The fossil remains of the world’s largest snake have been found in India’s Gujurat, The Guardian reported. Known as the Vasuki Indicus, the fossil is estimated to be 47 million years old and ...
CHIEF SPECIMENS: cranium, jaw fragments, teeth found in western Chad, 2001 WHEN LIVED (est., in years ago): 7.6—6 million BRAIN SIZE (est., in cu cm): 360-370 (slightly smaller than a male chimp ...
A newly discovered species of ancient amphibian ancestor that lived around 270 million years ago has been named after Kermit the Frog. Scientists analysed the remains of an inch-long fossilised ...
Nestled in Alberta’s badlands, the Royal Tyrrell Museum houses some of the world’s most incredible fossils of prehistoric life. Indeed, life in Western Canada back then was a far cry from the ...