A brief period in which there were elevated global temperatures over 50 million years ago is showing that fish nevertheless managed to flourish. Researchers made the claims in a paper…
A prehistoric shark with wing-like fins for whizzing through the oceans has been discovered by a team of European and Mexican palaeontologists. The 93-million-year-old eagle shark from the Cretaceous period…
These images show the reconstruction of the largest ever Triceratops dinosaur Fossil that has been nicknamed 'Big John' who was estimated to be over 26 feet long when he was…
Chinese scientists have discovered the fossil of a 500 million-year-old insect with a head resembling rabbit ears. The fossil of the ancient phantaspis auritus was found in the city of…
A prehistoric mayfly that probably only may have only lived for minutes before dying has managed to survive as a fossil for up to 125 million years before being found…
Dinosaur footprints dating back almost 100 million years have been found in Argentina. Officers of the Argentine Naval Prefecture patrolling a reservoir in Argentina found the footprints during a routine…
This is the moment a team of palaeontologists dig up a 3-million-year-old fossil belonging to an armoured mammal which could grow to the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. The remains…
These images show the fossilised remains of a huge long-neck dinosaur that lived over 85 million years ago which have been found by a woman drinking a tea-like drink. The…
These images show the fossilised remains of a 10,000-year-old mastodon unearthed by a family of farmers who were digging a hole on their land. The startling discovery was made when…
This is the moment university students find the fossilised remains of a crocodile from over 85 million years ago on their campus. The Geology students from the National University of…