Researchers reveal Prototaxites, a giant Devonian fossil, was not a fungus or plant but a unique extinct lineage.

The number of dinosaurs may have been stable before the asteroid impact, despite evidence that species were getting less ...

If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...

Chemical analysis suggests the 400-million-year-old fossil Prototaxites was neither plant, animal or fungus – hinting at a ...

A new study challenges the long-held belief that dinosaurs were already declining before the asteroid impact 66 million years ...

Paleontologists are uncovering a bonebed containing more than 19 giant amphibian skeletons from the Popo Agie Formation near ...

Sometimes, in order to look to the future, it is necessary to take a look at the past. In the field of science, this idea is ...

The fossil set included both of the dinosaur's arms, including claws, part of its pelvis and much of its backbone, and they are three-dimensional, not flat outlines in rock. The fossils date to ...

Fossil fuel activist investor Elliott Investment Management is keeping up the pressure on fossil fuel producers and utility giants around the world to wind back their focus on renewables and ...