In 2015, a fossil treasure trove, comprising 30,000 teeth and bones, was discovered on the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen. After years of work, paleontologists have identified these fossils as ...

A new species of ancient "sword dragon" marine reptile has been discovered in a set of fossils found in England, according to researchers. Named Xiphodracon goldencapsis, the new species is an ...

Rocks have been found to hold many traces of Earth's ancient history, but usually geologists have to seek them out. Every once in a while, however, these imprints of times past are found by ...

Earliest oceanic tetrapod ecosystem from 249 million years ago. A pod of the small-bodied ichthyopterygian ('fish-lizard') Grippia longirostris hunting squid-like ammonoids (top left). The marine ...

When the remains of prehistoric creatures were discovered in Europe and the United States, it opened up a vociferous debate on the nature of time and the purpose of science. A lithograph illustrating ...

CNN — The discovery of a giant marine reptile skull in the United States has revealed new theories about the speed of evolution and how quickly the process can produce diversity. The giant ichthyosaur ...