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Life reconstruction of the fossil bird Confuciusornis, one of the first beaked birds. Confuciusornis was roughly the size of a crow. It is known from hundreds of beautifully-preserved fossils, found in Early Cretaceous rocks from northeastern China. Credit: Gabriel Ugueto

Bird beak revealed by laser imaging informs early beak function and...

A bundle of giant sperm of the present-day ostracod crustacean Cyclocypris serena. Photo credit: R. Matzke-Karasz.

World’s Oldest Animal Sperm Trapped in Amber

Ostracod crustaceans were entrapped in this tiny piece of Cretaceous amber found in Myanmar.

The oldest known sperm cells

The dawn crested penguin Eudyptes atatu in New Zealand, three million years ago. Image by Simone Giovanardi. Permission for use of the image for a press release is granted by the artist. Credit: Massey University

Newly-described fossils reveal an ancient origin for New Zealand penguins

Eurypterid specimen image: Images of the eurypterid specimen fossil that led to Lamsdell’s discovery. Credit: Melanie Hopkins Photo

Coming up for air: Extinct sea scorpions could breathe out of...

A huge mammoth graveyard has been uncovered at the site of Mexico City's new airport

Mammoth graveyard unearthed at Mexico’s new airport

Map illustrating the location of Kapi (black star) relative to modern (dark green) and historical (light green) populations of lesser apes and the approximate distribution of early fossil apes in East Africa (blue triangles). Green triangles mark the location of previously discovered fossil gibbons. The new fossil is millions of years older than any previously known fossil gibbon and highlights their migration from Africa to Asia. Credit: Luci Betti-Nash.

New fossil ape discovered in India

Palaeoartist reconstruction of a 16 m adult Megalodon. Credit: Reconstruction by Oliver E. Demuth

True size of prehistoric mega-shark finally revealed

Sauropod Embryo. Credit: University of Manchester

Newly discovered rare dinosaur embryos show sauropods had rhino-like horns

The largest and the smallest: dinosaurs reached an amazing range in size through the Mesozoic Era. Credit: Vitor Silva

How to weigh a dinosaur

Mukawaryu

Using math to examine the sex differences in dinosaurs

The fossil on the right is a complete specimen of Gyaltsenglossus senis (ROMIP 65606.1) showing full length of the proboscis with the six feeding arms at the top. Illustration by Emily S. Damstra. Both images © Royal Ontario Museum

A Bizarre Half Billion-Year Old Worm with Tentacles Solves Evolutionary Mystery

The Titanosaurian embryo skull along with a skull and head reconstruction. Credit: Kundrat et al. /Current Biology

First 3D look at an embryonic sauropod dinosaur reveals unexpected facial...

Life restoration of Lystrosaurus in a state of torpor. Credit: Crystal ShinLife restoration of Lystrosaurus in a state of torpor. Credit: Crystal Shin

Fossil evidence of ‘hibernation-like’ state in 250-million-year-old Antarctic animal

The first complete dinosaur skeleton ever identified has finally been studied in detail and found its place in the dinosaur family tree, completing a project that began more than a century and a half ago. Credit: John Sibbick

Scelidosaurus : First complete dinosaur skeleton ever found is ready for...

Closeup of the stomach area of a fossil ichthyosaur, Guizhouichthyosaurus, showing part of the body of another large marine reptile. The ichthyosaur had swallowed its prey shortly before it died and was fossilized. This is the oldest known direct evidence of megapredation, or a large animal eating another large animal. (Da-Yong Jiang, et al.)

Ichthyosaur’s last meal is evidence of Triassic megapredation

Vertebrae from the torso of the long-necked dinosaur "Arapahoe"

How dinosaur research can help medicine

Manakacha Trackway. Credit: Stephen Rowland

Cliff collapse reveals 313-million-year-old fossil footprints in Grand Canyon National Park

The structure of the trabecular, or spongy bone that forms in the interior of bones, is unique within dinosaurs, according to a recent study by SMU paleontologists and others.

Dinosaurs’ unique bone structure key to carrying weight

Fossil deer toe bones

Fossils reveal diversity of animal life roaming Europe 2 million years...

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