Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.

Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that were ...

The team named the new pterosaur species Eotephradactylus mcintireae. The generic name means ‘ash-winged dawn goddess’ and references the site’s volcanic ash and the animals’ position near the base of ...

The study of biogeography and paleoecology during the Mesozoic-Cenozoic era provides essential insights into how past ...

Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have ...

The now-extinct Tinderet Volcano repeatedly blanketed the area in ash, preserving it for millions of years, and today, the site hosts fossils from an array of plants and animals.

A view of Makum coalfields in Assam. The recent fossil discovery of a tree now considered endemic to the Western Ghats, acts as a warning that global warming may risk many of our taxa. Image by ...

Scientists recently uncovered Asia's oldest known fossil of an ornithischian dinosaur with an impressive 193 million years old age belonging to a plant-eater species named Archaeocursor asiaticus.

This film explores the evolution of vascular plants, particularly ferns, through the study of ancient plant fossils. It highlights the anatomical features and adaptations that allowed early plants ...

Reassembled upper jaw and cheek fossils found in a Spanish cave come from the oldest known human ancestors in Western Europe. Researchers date this facial find to between 1.4 million and 1.1 ...

P rojections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of ...