Fossilized remains of a giant dinosaur that lived 125 million years ago have been identified. It belongs to a 25-foot-long (seven to eight meters) dinosaur nicknamed “Sam Ran spinosaurid.” Live ...

Paleontologists have discovered a newly identified fish species in Australia so well-preserved that they could determine its last meal — dating back up to 16 million years to the Miocene Epoch.

A tiny fossil fish from Alberta is forcing scientists to rethink a story that has sat quietly in textbooks for decades. It is ...

Researchers in Alberta uncovered a fossil fish that rewrites the evolutionary history of otophysans, which today dominate freshwater ecosystems. The new species, Acronichthys maccognoi, shows early ...

What do the ginkgo (a tree), the nautilus (a mollusk) and the coelacanth (a fish) all have in common? They don't look alike, and they aren't biologically related, but part of their evolutionary ...

Paleontology is an exciting field, loved by many for its discoveries about past life on Earth. Fossils uncovered by paleontologists can provide clues about what extinct species looked like, how they ...

An analysis of marine fossils from the Upper Miocene Chagres Formation in Panama, most belonging to the Myctophidae family, discovered four new species, one of which has been named in honor of Brigida ...

Richard Cloutier is also a Research Associate at the Centre of Excellence in Basin Studies and Applied Palaeontology, Mahasarakham University (Thailand). He has received funding from the Natural ...

Alice Clement receives funding from the Australian Research Council and is employed by Flinders University. John Long receives funding from The Australian Research Council and is employed by Flinders ...