Australian scientists' discovery of the continent's oldest known tree frog fossil, dating back 55 million years, reshapes ...

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

New discoveries of fossil clawed footprints from Australia, published in Nature, push the origin of reptiles back in time by ...

Paleontologists have identified Mosura fentoni, a three-eyed predator from the Cambrian Period, based on over 60 fossils ...

The discovery of the earliest reptile footprints - dating back 355 million years - could rewrite the timeline of evolution, ...

But Mosura was different. Instead of the familiar streamlined body with flaps and claws, this little predator had something ...

One of the most impactful stories in evolution is getting a rewrite, thanks to the exciting discovery of the earliest known ...

That sums up the deep secrets that have come to light in new research into human evolution, which have turned our ...

Clues are emerging about the ghostly clan that settled eastern Asia and left a genetic legacy in people today.

The emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today – including ...

Embedded in the slab’s fine sandstone are delicate imprints: long toes ending in sharp claws, left by an animal that trotted ...

A 165-million-year-old femur has been discovered in Morocco, the oldest cerapodan fossil ever found. It is a key find for ...