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New fossil reveals evolutionary history of Jurassic dinosaurs

New fossil material found in Patagonia has shed light on the evolution of dinosaurs in the Jurassic ...

Disputed dinosaur fossil auctioned in NYC

Despite the Mongolian government`s objections and a judge`s order blocking the sale, a fossil of a f...

Fossilised shark teeth found in Narmada valley

A group of researchers today claimed that they have found rare fossils of shark`s teeth from the Nar...

Mysterious `monster` fossil discovered in US

An amateur paleontologist has recently discovered a very large and very mysterious fossil in the Cin...

Hundreds of fossils found near Buenos Aires

Paleontologists found about 300 well-preserved fossils of pre-historic animals at two quarries outsi...

Dinosaur fossil discovered in China

Fossilized bones of a dinosaur have been discovered in China`s Inner Mongolia region.

Big bird dinosaur fossil listed for protection in China

China has listed for protection the remains of a big, bird-like dinosaur whose skeletal remains were...

Europe`s biggest dinosaur skull found in Spain

A Spanish palaeontology foundation has presented the fossilized skull of the biggest dinosaur yet fo...

Wildfire biggest threat for dinosaurs: Study

It`s not only the predators, but also intense and frequent wildfires may have been a big threat to d...

Foot fossil indicates `another human relative was present at time of Lucy`

The fossil foot did not belong to a member of “Lucy’s” species, Australopithecus afarensis, the famo...

Fossil shows Lucy co-existed with another prehuman species

Lucy, it turns out, had company -- another prehuman that also walked but spent more of its time in t...

A new, giant wasp discovered in Indonesia

Scientists have discovered a new and unusual wasp species during an expedition to the Indonesian isl...

Toothed flying reptile’s fossil found in China

A rare skull fossil of a pterosaur has been discovered in northeast China, a press release from the ...

Scientists find ancient camel fossils in Panama

Researchers say they have discovered the fossils of a small camel with a long snout that roamed the ...

Ancient fossilised fish found downing Pterosaur

Pterosaurs ruled the skies during the age of dinosaurs.

Oldest fossilised forest unearthed in NY

An international team, who previously found evidence of the Earth’s earliest tree, has made another ...

Dinosaurs had fleas too _ giant ones, fossils show

In the Jurassic era, even the flea was a beast, compared to its minuscule modern descendants.

World`s tallest ever penguin fossils discovered

Paleontologist have unearthed fossils of what they say the tallest ever penguin species that lived i...

Fossil footprints of world’s oldest elephant herd

Scientists have discovered some ancient footprints in the Arabian Desert dating back to over seven m...

Fossil footprints of prehistoric elephants found

Paleontologists have discovered some ancient footprints in the Arabian Desert dating back to over se...

Alaskan ice reveals human impact on global carbon cycle

Glacial ice has provided scientists new clues as to how the Earth’s remote ecosystems have been infl...

Tulip-shaped creature `discovered in Canada`

Scientists claim to have discovered in the Canadian Rockies a bizarre tulip-shaped creature that liv...

UK scientists find `lost` Darwin fossils

British scientists have found scores of fossils the great evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin and h...

Rocks, minerals and fossils expo opens in Mumbai

The 2nd edition of `Rocks, Minerals and Fossils Exhibition`, which began in Mumbai today, will concl...

Fossils hint at evolution of animal kingdom

Scientists have found fossils that shed light on the evolutionary origin of animals from single-cell...

Scientists unravel mystery of missing mineral

Scientists have stumbled upon a cache of dolomite in coral reefs, ending a 100-year quest for the mi...

Fossil fuel dependence will limit global food output

Agriculture can keep pace with the ever growing global demand for food only by reducing its dependen...

Global carbon emissions up 50 percent

Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have gone up by 49 percent over the last t...

E.Coli may hold key to turning plants into biofuel

Common stomach bug E.coli may hold the key to turning plants into biodiesel, which is hailed as a po...

Gulf boom is spoiling environment: Study

Manmade islands, booming populations, overfishing and heavy use of fossil fuels have wreaked havoc i...

First python fossil unearthed in Germany

The fossil of a python dating from about 15 million years ago has been discovered in southern German...

World has five years to avoid severe warming: IEA

The world has just five years to avoid being trapped in a scenario of perilous climate change and ex...

Ice Age cave painters were realists

Cave painters during the Ice Age were more like da Vinci than Dali, sketching realistic depictions o...

New look at fossils yields oldest modern Europeans

A fresh look at fossilized remains has turned up a surprise: the earliest modern people in Europe.

Remains of 10,000-year-old giant sloth found

Scientists have found bones in Brazil that belonged to a 20-foot-tall sloth that lived some 10,000 y...

Earliest forms of life began in Australia

Scientists have discovered microscopic fossils, about 3.43 billion years old, in the remote Pilbara ...

Tiny fossil part reveals biggest-ever pterosaur

Paleontologists have identified a small fossil fragment as being part of the biggest-ever toothed pt...

Dog fossils `show early relationship with humans`

Palaeontologists have unearthed the remains of three prehistoric dogs a finding they claim could be ...

New Woolly Rhino fossil discovered in Tibet

Scientists have uncovered the skull of a previously unknown species of ancient rhino.

Life on Mars? Fossil find shows it`s possible

Microfossils found in Australia show that more than 3.4 billion years ago, bacteria thrived on an Ea...

Ancient bird fossil found in China

A fossil of a bird dating back to seven million years was discovered in northwest China, Xinhua repo...

New `Living Fossil` eel species found in Pacific

The small brown fish has very few of the anatomical characteristics of modern eels.

`Ancient sea monsters gave live birth`

The fossilised plesiosaur, excavated from a site in Kansas, was found to be pregnant and carrying a ...

Fungi behind extinction of forests 250mn-yrs-ago

The so-called Permian extinction likely was triggered by immense volcanic eruptions in what is now S...

Rare fossil of sea reptile found on Alaska beach

Alaskan scientists have discovered the fossil of a rare, prehistoric marine reptile that is likely ...

New Pre-Human Species Fossil Found

Fossil remains found in a cave in South Africa could represent an evolutionary link between apes and...

Fossil of ‘oldest pregnant lizard’ found

The fossil has proved that some lizards and snakes were giving birth to live young, rather than layi...

Last dinosaur fossil backs asteroid extinction

The finding indicates that dinosaurs did not go extinct prior to the impact and provides further evi...

Dinos were highly active warm-blooded creatures

Human thighbones have tiny holes – known as the ‘nutrient foramen’ – on the shaft that supply blood ...

Largest-ever fossil spider from Jurassic era found

Researchers have unearthed the world’s largest known spider fossil from the Inner Mongolian region o...

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