Eggs laid by dinosaurs have provided paleontologists with a new way to tell prehistoric time. By looking to radioactive ...

The discovery in Patagonia shows that frogs have had a tadpole stage for at least 160 million years. Here’s how the ancient frogs compare to those of today. Tadpoles and adults of the extinct frog ...

An international team of geologists and paleontologists is pioneering a groundbreaking methodology to reliably determine the ...

It started as a curiosity atop a mantelpiece, a primate’s fossilized skull displayed as an interesting knickknack. Yet it would soon help unlock humans’ evolutionary story, providing the first clues ...

Scientists in Argentina discovered the oldest known long-necked dinosaur, Huayracursor jaguensis, revealing a much earlier ...

A newly unearthed fossil has led experts to believe an ancient species of crocodile may have been an apex predator that hunted dinosaurs on land. Paleontologist and National Geographic Explorer Diego ...

The new Argentine dino might give us clues to what the world was like before the asteroid wiped out their kind. Hundreds of fossils found at a quarry in Northern Patagonia provide a snapshot of what a ...

One scorching day last September, Annie Méchin crouched over a slab of red clay on a remote patch of farmland near Marseille, on France’s Mediterranean coast. Méchin was scraping away at the clay when ...

With a prime position on the Jurassic Coast, this Dorset harbour town is well placed for fossil-hunting walks on Chesil Beach and boat trips to the magnificent rock arch of Durdle Door. Church Ope ...