It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of ...

Fragments from the brain of a man killed by the Mount Vesuvius eruption in the year 79 are smooth and shiny but still contain ...

Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...

Explore the fascinating discovery of the African predator Bastetodon syrtos, an ancient prehistoric carnivore from Egypt.

An artistic depiction of the Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean ...

As they continued looking, they uncovered a hoof core, and then a tapir skull. Their good ... clues into the fact that the anatomy kind of trailed behind the size increase. So, they got bigger before ...

The long bones of the arms and legs are supporting bones. The bones of the rib cage protect the organs of the chest such as the lungs and heart. The skull bones protect the brain. The end of every ...

A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the early evolution of today’s birds and avian diversity at the end of ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed ... such as a lack of teeth and an enlarged premaxillary bone in the upper beak, can be identified. The fossil examined in the study ...