The discovery happened in the form of a fossil femur placed in Crimea. Examinations revealed that the fossil belonged to a ...

Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds. The recently ...

When a massive asteroid struck our planet about 66 million years ago, 75% of our planet's flora and fauna perished due to the impact. The cataclysmic event marked the end of the Cretaceous Period ...

Plastic waste has let common coots reuse nests year after year. Scientists have now used the trash layers to date how old nests are.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A new study of ancient fossils reveals just how big some penguins used to be.

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

One of the only fossil Pokémon to not evolve, the abominations against Arceus itself don’t count, is Aerodactyl. The iconic ...

Fossilized feathers discovered 136 years ago are still revealing new secrets. Researchers found that the volcanic rock preserving the feather holds microscopic details preserved within the fossil.

Birds have many features that distinguish them from other animals alive today, but their earliest ancestors looked noticeably different from the familiar creatures we’ve come to recognise. Although ...

Since 2021, paleontologist Wang Min and a team of researchers have spent their days excavating the fossil-rich deposits in Zhenghe County, in eastern China’s Fujian province. Layer by layer, they ...