Researchers just discovered a 66-million-year-old sea lizard in a phosphate mine near Casablanca, Morocco. The Khinjaria ...

A remarkably complete plesiosaur fossil found in southern Germany is shedding light on the early evolution of these iconic ...

The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future.

D modeling reveals that as bird brains grew larger, it led to changes in jaw muscles and joint mechanics—enabling the ...

The veteran naturalist investigates the discovery of a lifetime - the skull of a pliosaur, one of the most ferocious Jurassic ...

New research shows how physical changes in the skull affected the mechanics of the way birds move and use their beaks to eat and explore their habitats -- adaptations that helped them evolve into the ...

Scientists suggest that bigger brains in bird ancestors led to more flexible skulls, playing a key role in their evolution.

A new species of primitive reptile, named Marmoretta ... he analyzed isolated fragments of jaws, skulls, limbs, and vertebrae—including 150 fossils stored in the Geological Museum of Lisbon.

A study led by palaeontologist Alexandre Guillaume, from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) and Museu da Lourinhã, has identified a new species of primitive reptile, which lived in Portugal 150 million ...

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient human fossils have been discovered, helping scientists piece together the ...

Dinosaurs were once thought to look like modern lizards, covered in green scales. However, some dinosaur species were actually covered in feathers, just like birds today. We know this because some ...