Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

We report a virtually complete plesiosaur from the Lower Jurassic (∼183 Ma)3 Posidonia Shale of Germany that preserves skin ...

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...

Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...

A new study by Ohio University found an important fossil of the oldest known modern bird, which lived in Antarctica when ...

According to a new publication in the Journal of Paleontology, a juvenile pterosaur vertebrae fossil, commonly known as a ...

Scientists have discovered a fossil in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park depicting an ancient predator-prey encounter.

A 69 million-year-old skull fossil discovered in Antarctica is an ancient relative of geese and ducks, making it the oldest ...

A quirky and fascinating new addition to Denmark’s natural history has been uncovered — a 66-million-year-old vomit fossil.

Discover the fossilized remains of a young Cryodrakon pterosaur in Alberta, revealing a deadly encounter with a crocodile.

Despite being one of the most widely dispersed clades of prehistoric reptiles, the paleoecology of pterosaurs is poorly ...