The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

These radioactive elements decay at known rates, effectively acting as a built-in clock that reveals precisely when the eggs were buried millions of years ago. This natural timekeeping mechanism has ...

Palaeontologists reported some remarkable dinosaur fossils this year, including a Velociraptor relative, a dome-headed ...

A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis.Related video above ...

Some of the most remarkable dinosaur fossils were found this year, including one of the most heavily armoured creatures that ...

A student discovers the first dragonfly fossil from the age of the dinosaurs in Canada. Cordualadensa acorni lived 75 million ...

Fossil evidence reveals a surprising diversity in dinosaur parenting. Some species, like Maiasaura, exhibited strong maternal care, feeding and protec ...