Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery.

Studies of the horns, spikes, plates and clubs of dinosaurs could help settle a long-standing debate over their function ...

Skeleton shows Mixodectes pungens lived in trees and primarily ate leaves during the Paleocene epoch, highlighting its unique ...

Newly analyzed fossil skeleton of Mixodectes pungens reveals its tree-dwelling lifestyle, dietary habits, and ties to ...

A new instrument called the Dinosaur Choir uses CT scans and 3D modeling to recreate actual the sounds of a Corythosaurus. If ...

From the bumblebee bat to the Baluchistan pygmy jerboa, here are eight of the world's smallest mammals who thrive in a world ...

A vet has shared four dog and cat breeds he thinks people should avoid getting because of their various health issues, which means the risk of having to fork out a lot for vet bills is relatively high ...

Branin spotted the fragments of a horse's skull and teeth sticking out of the ... "It’s essentially the same animal, but through time it got so much bigger and the bones changed enough that ...

Biologist Katharine Edmonson asked the young boy who approached her table if he wanted to hold the tiger skull in his hands. Some children hesitate, but not 11-year-old Devin Shuman, a fifth-grader at ...

Archaeologists uncovered a fossilized skull of an ancient sharp-toothed predator that likely hunted early elephants and primates.

Modern birds, along with certain snakes and fishes, have skulls whose jaws and palates are not firmly fixed in place.