New fossil discoveries reveal three Thylacine species from 23 million years ago, highlighting rapid evolutionary diversification and expanding knowledge of ancient ecosystems. The last of the ...

Terror birds were apex predators some 12 million years ago in South America. A newly published discovery could be the largest ...

Scientists who identify, analyze, and classify fossils are called paleontologists ... Shutterstock.com Often referred to as ...

"This species of scallop has been extinct for almost 2 million years," the poster from North Carolina told Newsweek.

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A Tasmanian tiger, declared extinct in 1936, is displayed at the Australian Museum in Sydney (AFP via Getty) Ancient fossil specimens generally only retain short DNA sequences and little to no RNA ...

Photo: Getty Breakthrough reconstruction of almost the complete genome of the Tasmanian tiger from a pickled fossil skull could help bring the extinct species back to life, scientists claim.

Opalised ornithpod teeth fossils found near Lightning Ridge.(Supplied: Bob Smith) "Two natural phenomena that are stupidly unlikely — the formation of a fossil and the formation of opal ...

The Lucy fossil preserved skull fragments and a lower jaw with teeth, as well as parts of the arm, leg, pelvis, spine and ribs—47 bones in all representing a whopping 40 percent of the skeleton ...

July 24, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that the serrated edges of Komodo dragons' teeth are tipped with iron. The study gives new insight into how Komodo dragons keep their teeth razor-sharp ...

The Calvert Marine Museum this month unveiled a new exhibit featuring a never-before-seen set of teeth from an extinct megatooth shark known as megalodon.

A 10-year-old tiger identified as T-86 was killed by villagers in retaliation after it attacked and killed a 45-year-old man near Ranthambore National Park. The incident sparked protests ...