A complete Plesiopterys wildi fossil unearthed in southern Germany is offering new insight into the early diversification of ...

A remarkably complete plesiosaur fossil found in southern Germany is shedding light on the early evolution of these iconic ...

D modeling reveals that as bird brains grew larger, it led to changes in jaw muscles and joint mechanics—enabling the ...

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

Yet birds differ from their reptile ancestors in many important ways. A turning point in their evolution was the development of larger brains, which in turn led to changes in the size and shape of ...

In high demand, the crocodiles had likely been hunted in the fifth century B.C. Although the team failed to find evidence of any trauma on the specimens, traces of rope suggest the reptiles ...

For many older South Koreans, the name "white skull squad" harks back to a dark time of violence and repression. It was first used in the 1950s, when the country's first president, Rhee Syngman ...