After consulting texts on bird anatomy, O’Connor realized what they were: oral papillae. “Imagine if the flesh on the roof of ...

Scientists have uncovered something extraordinary inside the skull of an Archaeopteryx fossil.

A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a completely unknown form of multicellular life, according to a new study.

The discovery takes us to Chicago, where a mysterious specimen arrived encased in rock at the Field Museum in 2022. It was ...

Using the fossil record and modern cold-blooded critters, paleontologist Kelsey Jenkins recreates the hearing capabilities of ...

In 2026, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is celebrating all things American bison. Through a series of ...

In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in ...

The Texas Science and Natural History Museum has unveiled a major upgrade to its basement exhibit, transforming it into an immersive prehistoric world filled with new lighting, sound, animations and ...

Fossilized vomit reveals a surprise flying pterosaur in Brazil, offering new insight into how ancient reptiles lived and fed ...

Casper, Wyo. - The Tate Geological Museum will be holding monthly presentations for the new speaker series “Tate Talks.” The ...

Waitomo is a region on New Zealand famous for glittering glowworms that hang from caves. But deep inside a jagged crevice ...