Scientists have identified a 165-million-year-old mammal predecessor from China that had a broad tail for swimming and throat bones similar to those of modern mammals. Named Megacauda sungei, the ...

Fossils unearthed in Provencein 1997 have now been identified as a new species, Garamaudo bauciensis, a roughly 2.5-meter ...

What may have looked like a cross between a platypus and a beaverlike rodent and lived around 120 million years ago?

Scientists analyzing an ancient fossil embedded in the same limestone used to build the Sphinx of Giza have made a staggering discovery. The international research team examined the ...

A new species of extinct crocodile from Egypt has been discovered, sharing more than just its home with the Great Sphinx.

It's likely you've already chewed and swallowed some tasty morsel today. But when did that ability emerge? New evidence ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reconstruction of the early Cambrian seafloor, depicting colonies of Protomelission gatehousei and Dayingomelission hexaclitia ...

Researchers have identified Wyoteuthis linsterorum, a new species of belemnite that lived about 160 million years ago. These ...

The 22-inch dinosaur lived more than 100 million years ago, and its complete skeleton and preserved feathers are offering new ...