Exploring the animal kingdom unveils a remarkable collection of species whose names begin with the letter 'N.' Each of t ...

Unearthed last year, the remains could reveal new information on the extinct sea reptile, which crushed mollusks and shelled ...

The discovery of these jaws with blunt, mushroom-shaped teeth reveals how this Late Cretaceous predator specialized in crushing shells.

Fossils are like prehistoric puzzle pieces, helping us to reconstruct the distant past. Normally, such mineralized mementos take thousands of years to form, at the very least—and only a fraction of ...

African rock art depicting a mythical tusked creature may mirror the look of fossils of real-life ancient mammal relatives called dicynodonts. Abundant, exposed fossils in South Africa’s Karoo ...

Artists take inspiration from many sources. For the San people of South Africa, the spark that inspired some of their rock paintings may have come from fossils of creatures that went extinct more than ...

Cave art created by the San, the indigenous hunter-gatherers of South Africa’s Karoo region, may have been inspired by fossils of long ... animals", a fantastic creature of the San pantheon.

Millions of fossils, from shells to the largest known shark species, were unearthed beneath San Pedro High School.

The creature’s dotted hide may also be a nod to the bumpy skin preserved on some fossils. This would make the creature on the Horned Serpent panel the earliest known depiction of a dicynodont.

An investigation by this masthead has found fossil fuel companies, including Shell and Woodside, are increasingly entering the supply chain of the Australian carbon offsets market, buying stakes ...

Sep. 18, 2024 — New archaeological research has discovered for the first time clear links between fossils of the iconic Australian dingo, and dogs from East Asia and New ... Sep. 16, 2024 ...