The Latest Breaking News on Paleontology

Glaciers have been present somewhere on Earth for at least 60 million years, a period stretching back almost to the time of the dinosaurs. That’s the key finding of our new research, which pushes the date when the planet was last glacier-free back by at least 26 million years.

The show caught the attention of the judges on Britain's Got Talent

Meet Tasmaniosaurus, the ancient reptile fossil found in West Hobart.

Species are going extinct at an unusually high rate. Our efforts now will prevent a future too ghastly to contemplate, says Corey Bradshaw

Gradual changes to landscape and vegetation are not what future generations can expect

This stability may have actually hindered their survival in face of the cataclysm

Scientists have long debated why non-bird dinosaurs became extinct, while some mammals survived

Scientists have long debated why non-bird dinosaurs became extinct, while some mammals survived.

The research revealed an ancient ecosystem unlike anything seen on Earth today, including traces of mastodons and horseshoe crabs roaming the Arctic.