For more than a decade, paleontologists have speculated about a single fossil that preserves skeletons ... “It’s good that those specimens made it into a real museum and haven’t disappeared ...

A study led by the University of Leicester has linked fossilized tracks of flying reptiles to the specific animals that ...

And the Little Dal fossils are no different. "What we have is essentially something a bit like a Rorschach inkblot test, where there are some squiggles in a rock," says Jonathan Antcliffe ...

After its debut in Japan, this special exhibition, which compares fabricated Pokémon "fossils" with "ancient lifeforms found in real-world fossils," is coming to Chicago's Field Museum on May 22 ...

The article explores the evolutionary history of snakes, highlighting ten extinct species that showcase their dramatic ...

In the wild, titanoboa probably ate large crocodiles, fish and other snakes—but if there were a titanoboa at the National Zoo today, what would the zoo keepers feed it? Can We Predict the ...

The fossil, named Vasuki Indicus, consists of 27 pre-cloacal vertebrae, some found in articulation. This discovery was made in the sedimentary layers of the Naredi Formation. Estimates suggest Vasuki ...

A research team made up of members from Mifune Dinosaur Museum, which has the fossil on display, and others named the new species of the extinct flying vertebrates "Nipponopterus mifunensis," or ...

The exhibition puts fantasy fossils of Pokémon alongside real fossils, and invites viewers to compare and contrast. In the case of the Chicago field museum, that means things like SUE the ...

In other tetrapod groups, real claws don’t occur. Even claw-like, hardened toe tips seen in some amphibians are extremely rare. Claws usually leave obvious marks in footprints, providing a clue to ...

Japan and Nintendo, however, have actually taken this a step further and created the Pokemon Fossil Exhibit. The exhibit featured sculpted Pokemon "skeletons" displayed alongside real dinosaur ...