A newly discovered Triassic reptile from the UK looked more like a racing greyhound than a crocodile, built for speed on land ...

A new study has found that nearly half of the body traits identified across mollusks – a group that includes snails, clams, and octopuses – appeared in the first 96 million years. During that time, ...

It was around 13 inches tall and had a beak and claws, but did not have wings. The post Brain of first flying reptile’s ...

Switzerland, A Paradise For Dinosaur Hunters. Or Is It?. Switzerland occupies a special place in the world of ichnology, the science that studies the fossilised remains of animals that have been ...

TV Time: The Israel Film Archive has a wealth of clips going back over a century, including home movies, footage of weddings, ...

A newly identified crocodylomorph from about 215 million years ago has been discovered in Gloucester, UK, revealing a fast-moving, land-dwelling ...

Older than dinosaurs, these 8 ancient fish existed millions of years earlier and some still survive today in oceans, rivers and deep waters.

The story starts when John Hammond clones dinosaur DNA that was extracted from the blood inside a prehistoric, amber-preserved mosquito. The missing parts of the genetic code are synthetically ...

"Even though moths and butterflies are a well-studied group, we're just now beginning to understand some of the most basic facts about their evolution and conservation needs," ...

In a new episode of Popular Science’s Ask Us Anything podcast, we dig into the fossil record to see just how likely a venomous dinosaur would’ve been. Sarah Durn: It’s one of the most memorable scenes ...

A newly described fossil species from China is offering a rare glimpse into life just after the largest extinction in Earth’s ...