The Latest Breaking News on Paleontology

Named Whatcheeria, it had huge razor sharp teeth and bone crushing jaws that snapped animals in half

Picture highly evolved raptors planting their flag on the moon

A £21million auction of a T-rex skeleton has been called off after doubts were raised over its authenticity, with one expert claiming the specimen had been mixed with replica bones

Remains of slug-like Ediacaran animal Kimberella contain compounds suggesting it had a gut and ate bacteria and algae from the ocean floor

South Africa is famous for its amazingly rich and diverse fossil record. The country’s rocks document more than 3.5 billion years of life on Earth: ancient forms of bacterial life, the emergence of life onto land, the evolution of seed-producing plants, reptiles, dinosaurs and mammals – and humanity.

‘Specimen shows first case of intestinal preservation in a lineage very close to bird ancestry’

Earth can correct its climate over eons, scientists say; sadly, it doesn't work fast enough to stop climate change

A dwindling workforce and tricky legal territory is putting the world of fossil hunting on shaky ground.

The idea that correlation does not imply causation is a fundamental caveat in epidemiological research. A classic example involves a hypothetical link between ice cream sales and drownings – instead of increased ice cream consumption causing more people to drown, it’s plausible that a third variable, summer weather, is driving…