A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it ...

In a study published in January, researchers confirmed the preservation of original organic molecules in Mesozoic dinosaur ...

There are some massive anacondas and pythons in the world, but are they the largest snakes ever to exist? Were there snakes ...

Japan is not a country where beauty is overlooked. Many know to visit Tokyo and Osaka for high-rise city ventures. But, much ...

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

Now, more than a decade later, new analysis of the fossils has found that they belong to a new 73-million-year-old species, according to a study published Jan. 28 in the peer-reviewed journal ...

Antarctica may have been a refuge for early waterfowl ancestors, shielding them from the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...

The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...

The well-preserved fossil that was once a dinosaur's butt bone (sacrum) was excavated from South Dakota's Hell Creek ...

Researchers discovered a protein in a 68- to 66-million-year-old fossil that many scientists would have argued should have ...