The Latest Breaking News on Paleontology

A FOSSIL collection described as "one of the most important of its type in the world" has been donated to the National Museum of Scotland.

The collection of items dating back from 54 to 56 million years ago is believed to contain many species which are new to science.

Teeth belonging to a long-necked, 20-tonne Diamantinasaurus have been unearthed in the outback, changing what experts know about the massive dinosaur.

T-rex likely carried out many tasks with its mouth to compensate for tiny limbs

Covering of feathers left them able to cope when other creatures died off in mass extinction event, scientists say

‘Exceptionally-preserved’ fossil has allowed scientists to document scales, tail bristles, and first-ever dinosaur cloaca

It’s not often New Zealanders admit Australia is onto a good thing. Our long-running trans-Tasman rivalry usually revolves around accusing Australians of stealing national cultural icons like Phar Lap, Pavlova or Crowded House.

Almost 30 years after Jurassic Park first screened, the beloved franchise is back with its latest film Jurassic World Dominion, released in the UK on Friday. Our favourite characters, such as the Tyrannosaurus-rex and Velociraptor, return and we meet some new ones, like the giant predator Giganotosaurus.

Steve Brusatte writes of the evolutionary twists, catastrophes and luck that led to the warm-blooded animals of today