More than three million years ago, in the area that is now Ethiopia, our early human ancestors lived in a landscape that ...
In a study published in The Anatomical Record, researchers have identified a new species of large-bodied gorgonopsian from ...
A fresh look at a fossil found more than 40 years ago points to the origins of a widespread group of arthropods called ...
Experts have reconstructed the skull of a prehistoric predator that long puzzled scientists, and revealed a fearsome yet oddly familiar sight. Roughly 330 million years ago, Crassigyrinus scoticus ...
Picture a crocodile. You’re likely imagining an armored predator gliding through murky water. Now scrap that. A newly identified ancient crocodile from the Late Triassic period looked almost nothing ...
About 360 million years ago, the shallow sea above present-day Cleveland was home to a fearsome apex predator: Dunkleosteus terrelli. This 14-foot armored fish ruled the Late Devonian seas with ...
It had been a long day of teaching for Rudy Lerosey-Aubril. As a reward, he returned to cleaning an intriguing Cambrian arthropod fossil he had recently received for review. At first, the specimen ...