A rare 20-million-year-old sperm whale fossil from Patagonia reveals new clues about ancient marine life and extinction ...

Humpback whales are not always born in tropical waters, new research has shown -- challenging long-held assumptions about their breeding and migration behaviors, while raising new questions for marine ...

Mounting evidence from genome studies indicates that, contrary to received wisdom, our species has undergone profound ...

A recent study, published in Papers in Palaeontology, discusses the reanalysis of the only known Idiorophus patagonicus ...

A new Archaeopteryx fossil with soft tissue reveals flight features and offers fresh support for Darwin’s theory of evolution ...

A new study suggests two fossil trackways found in Australia were made by an early amniote, a group that today includes ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone ...

Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the ...

A groundbreaking discovery in southern Chile has brought to light the first complete pregnant ichthyosaur from the Early ...

The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought -- thanks to evidence discovered at an Australian fossil site that represents a critical ...

Learn what secrets this pregnant ichthyosaur reveals from the Early Cretaceous and why this find is so important.

Mississippi has changed over millions of years and everything from sea monster to dire wolf fossils can be found here.