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Artistic reconstruction of Burgessomedusa by Christian McCall. © Christian McCall

Burgessomedusa phasmiformis.: Oldest known species of swimming jellyfish identified

The fossil showing the entangled skeletons of the dinosaur (Psittacosaurus) and the mammal (Repenomamus). Scale bar equals 10 cm.

Unusual fossil shows rare evidence of a mammal attacking a dinosaur

Artwork by James Robins.

Flying reptiles had nurturing parental style

A new 145-million-year-old pterosaur. Credit: René Lauer

New fossil flying reptile ‘Elvis’ takes flight.

Left: Feathers from a baby bird that lived 99 million years ago, preserved in amber. Photo by Shundong Bi. Right: Illustration of what a newly hatched Enantiornithine bird may have looked like.

Fossils reveal how ancient birds molted their feathers

Two Vectipelta barretti - copyright Stuart Pond

Ankylosaur: New armoured dinosaur discovered

The fossil was found on a National Trust beach on the Isle of Wight

First side-necked turtle ever discovered in UK

Steve May, a research associate at the Jackson School of Geosciences, holds a fossil from a plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile. Credit: Jackson School of Geosciences/ The University of Texas at Austin.

Newly discovered Jurassic fossils in Texas

Dinosaur Photo: MICHAEL ROSSKOTHEN/MostPhotos

Dinosaurs were the first to take the perspectives of others

An artist’s impression of the pliosaur by Megan Jacobs, University of Portsmouth

Giants of the Jurassic seas were twice the size of a...

The strange ridges on the teeth indicate a specialised feeding strategy, however its diet remains a mystery. (Photo by Dr Nick Longrich)

Fossil of mosasaur with bizarre ‘screwdriver teeth’ found in Morocco

Ammonite fossil From the Ohmden quarry, Posidonia shale lagerstatte. Credit: Sinjini Sinha

Golden fossils reveal origins of exceptional preservation

Periechocrinus, a Silurian crinoid. BGS © UKRI.

The largest fossil crinoids ever

Artist’s impression of two Troodons with a common nest. Illustration: Alex Boersma/PNAS

Analysis of dinosaur eggshells: Bird-like Troodon laid 4 to 6 eggs...

A juvenile Edmontosaurus disappears into the enormous, lipped mouth of Tyrannosaurus. Credit Dr Mark Witton

Predatory dinosaurs such as T. rex sported lizard-like lips

Therizinosaurs claw hooking and pulling trees Credit: Shuyang Zhou for the 3D modelling and functional scenario restoration

Dinosaur claws used for digging and display

Microscopic view of a carnivorous dinosaur's shin bone, showing growth rings that get more closely spaced towards the outside of the bone, indicating that this individual reached adulthood.

Evolution of dinosaur body size through different developmental mechanisms

Artist's impression of Ceratosuchops & orientation of skull endocast. Credit: Anthony Hutchings

Oldest spinosaur brains revealed

Image of fruit belonging to Palaeophytocrene chicoensis. The Sierra College Museum of Natural History is the permanent repository for this fossil. Credit: Brian Atkinson.

A fossil fruit from California shows ancestors of coffee and potatoes...

What once appeared as a fossil of the primitive animal Dickinsonia turned out to be notihng more than a decaying beehive, shown falling off the rock on the right just a couple years later. (Gregory Retallack/Joe Meert)

Mistaken fossil rewrites history of Indian subcontinent for second time

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