The Latest Breaking News on Paleontology

Sixty six million years ago, sea monsters really existed. They were mosasaurs, huge marine lizards that lived at the same time as the last dinosaurs. Growing up to 12 metres long, mosasaurs looked like a Komodo dragon with flippers and a shark-like tail. They were also wildly diverse, evolving dozens…

The 230-million-year-old fossil had been locked inside stone since it was discovered a century ago

A FOSSILISED reptile unearthed in Scotland lived during the age of dinosaurs and was closely related to an extinct group of flying reptiles known as…

The area was a biodiversity hotspot with large grazers and predators

Researchers say Scleromochlus taylori belonged to species that evolved into giant flying reptiles

Scleromochlus taylori was no more than 20 cm long and lived between 240 to 210 million years ago.

The true devastating power of the mega-tsunami that was triggered by the asteroid impact that killed most dinosaurs has been revealed.

Paleontologists describe some of the oldest teeth, jaws and limbs ever discovered

Sue, the biggest and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, no doubt was a fearsome beast when this predator prowled what is now South Dakota about 67 million years ago at the twilight of the age of dinosaurs. But even this huge dinosaur, whose fossils are displayed at the Field Museum…

A vast mountain range dating back to the dinosaur era remains totally unexplored. Now a ship is setting sail on a 35-day journey to study them.

Uranium, pollen and charcoal trapped in speleothem have helped scientists uncover the true age of these South Australian caves.