Between 280 and 200 million years ago, a group of animals evolved which would eventually give rise to mammals, including humans: the therapsids. They were first described more than 150 years ago, ...

With its curly coat and sturdy build, the Mangalitsa pig looks like a cross between a sheep and a wild boar. This striking ...

Extinction is often seen as final, but history has shown that some animals can reappear when we least expect it. In this video, we examine several species believed to be gone and explore how likely it ...

Scientists discover the first fossil egg of a mammal ancestor, offering new clues to how Lystrosaurus survived extreme ...

A recently analyzed Lystrosaurus fossil proves that mammal ancestors laid eggs, according to a recent paper published in ...

You must have seen these adorable penguins in the animated films Madagascar or Happy Feet. Playful, clever, and impossible to forget. But in the real world, their distant cousin in Antarctica is ...

Here in South Africa, we found soft-shelled dinosaur eggs, so there was no reason why we couldn’t find eggs from synapsids ...

A 250-million-year-old fossil of Lystrosaurus has uncovered new evidence that mammal ancestors, like this species, laid eggs.

“My preparator and exceptional fossil finder, John Nyaphuli, identified a small nodule that at first revealed only tiny ...

The 250-million-year-old fossilized egg contained a Lystrosaurus embryo, providing the first direct evidence that early ...

A remarkable new discovery is shedding light on one of the greatest survival stories in Earth's history, and answering a ...

Satellite imagery indicates around 20,000 adults — some 10% of the population — disappeared between 2009 and 2018 alone.