Scientists from the UK recently conducted a detailed re-examination of a fossilized Prototaxites species found in ...

The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future.

The mountain pygmy possum, a tiny nocturnal marsupial, was once known only from Ice Age fossils. Today, we know where its ...

Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

The licences were issued by the Conservative government in 2024 and extend over 9413 km squared of UK waters – approximately half the size of Wales. The current Labour Government has previously said ...

With continued excavation at Swartkrans, researchers hope to uncover more of SWT1/HR-2’s skeleton, which could further ...

Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...

Evidence of one of the smallest - and perhaps unluckiest - early human relatives has been found in South Africa, according to ...

"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ...

The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...

Paleontologists have unveiled a 30,000-year-old vulture fossil in Italy, preserved in volcanic ash, showcasing microscopic ...