Astonished scientists have unearthed what are believed to be the smallest dinosaur eggs ever found during a fossil hunting expedition in China. The six eggs, excavated in eastern Jiangxi Province,…
A woman and her eight-year-old son have stumbled upon a grey stone dating back millions of years that glows under UV light while taking a stroll on a beach. Sarah…
Bug experts in Germany and France have unearthed a missing link wasp species trapped in a piece of amber around 100 million years ago that was found in Myanmar. Entomologists…
A newly discovered species of ancient giant turtle has been named after Stephen King's fictional character Maturin, a giant turtle who created the universe. The remains of the huge prehistoric…
A fossil believed to be a previously unknown species of snake with a well-preserved trachea has been discovered at a disused quarry in Germany. The Messel Pit which is near…
A nearly complete fossil of a woodpecker dating back 200,000 years has been discovered in Argentina. It was discovered in a sandstone quarry near San Pedro, about 170 kilometres (105…
A new tiny precursor of the dinosaurs has been unearthed by scientists excavating rocks on Spain's holiday island Mallorca. The creature - from the group moradisaurine captorhinids - was a…
This is the huge mammoth "skull" pulled by divers from the bed of a Belarusian river. The find comes as thawing permafrost in Siberia reveals a treasure trove of ancient…
Archaeologists have discovered a beautifully preserved fossil of an extinct turtle that thrived when the south of Europe was still a tropical paradise 150 million years ago. The so far…