Researchers reveal Prototaxites, a giant Devonian fossil, was not a fungus or plant but a unique extinct lineage.

The researchers also studied fossils of extinct fishes dating back almost 400 million years and saw evidence that some of the oldest jawed fishes had bones with joint cavities for articulated ...

For decades, the coelacanthexisted only in fossil records—until one turned up in a South African fishing net. It was 1938 ...

Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be ...

Two of Earth’s five confirmed mass extinction events could have been caused by nearby supernova explosions stripping the planet’s ozone layer, a new study argues. Although the explanation has been ...

But this unassuming rock has now become one of Australia’s most important fossil finds. New research led by Anthony Romilio, a paleontologist at the University of Queensland’s Dinosaur Lab ...

Discover where these creatures lived, how large they grew, and when scientists discovered their fossils! The genus name Psittacosaurus translates to “parrot lizard.” This interesting reptile was given ...

Becker has spent hundreds of hours collecting Devonian Age, approximately 380 million years old, marine invertebrate fossils. A collection of millions-of-years-old fossils ended up in the landfill ...

Rock strata and fossils from this period are particularly ... and predatory crocodile relatives encountered giant amphibians. Research into the environment and animal communities is extremely ...