Spiked armor, tyrannosaurids, and new discoveries from the early development of birds mark important milestones in 2025.

Palaeontologists reported some remarkable dinosaur fossils this year, including a Velociraptor relative, a dome-headed ...

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

A fossilized human footprint found in southern Chile has been dated to 15,600 years ago, making it the oldest known footprint ...

Some of the most remarkable dinosaur fossils were found this year, including one of the most heavily armoured creatures that ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an unexpectedly primitive appearance. While its braincase fits with classic ...

Researchers at the newly discovered site reported finding more than one hundred vertebrate fossils per square meter, making it one of the densest fossil deposits known. The Hațeg Basin in Transylvania ...

Researchers have named an ancient fossil that was discovered at a park in Leicestershire. Charnia brasieri, which was found at Bradgate Park, would have lived on the ancient seafloor about 560 million ...

NEW YORK — A big catch of fish fossils in southern China includes the oldest teeth ever found — and may help scientists learn how our aquatic ancestors got their bite. The finds offer new clues about ...

In a local grazier's backyard in the small southeast QLD town of Murgon, scientists have been digging for decades in what looks like an unremarkable clay pit. But within the clay lies one of Australia ...