Matthew Robert Bennett receives funding from Arts and Humanities Research Council. Sally Christine Reynolds does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Using the fossil record to accurately estimate the timing and pace of past mass extinctions is no easy task, and a new study highlights how fossil evidence can produce a misleading picture if not ...

Pterosaur fossils have been discovered in all corners of the globe since their first discovery in Kansas in the 1700s. Some of the most common species, like the Pteranodon, have had many fossil ...

Fossil and living animals were analyzed by Finnegan and coauthors in their study of extinction risk in the oceans. Fossil examples on left, living examples on right. From top to bottom: whales, sharks ...

ZURICH — Some fossils tell simple stories. But a recent discovery in Venezuela tells a more complex tale, preserving evidence ...

A new, expanded book - Introducing Palaeontology: a guide to ancient life - by Patrick Wyse Jackson, Associate Professor and Head of Trinity College Dublin's School of Natural Sciences, provides a ...

Clive Thompson is a trustee of the Discovery Wilderness Trust, a non-profit organization that supports environmental conservation and the fostering of tracking skills. Charles Helm does not work for, ...

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Southwest part of Area A with the red silty sand removed to reveal a series of linear features and human footprints. Credit: Quaternary Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2025.100274 If ...