Megalodon’s enormous size is estimated from limited fossils, including vertebrae and teeth. (lexaarts/Creatas Video+/Getty ...

The late scientist is credited with creating a subfield devoted to the trace fossils left behind by the extinct reptiles. By Laura Baisas Published Dec 9, 2023 8:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science ...

Paleontologists have identified a new species of dinosaur, Khankhuuluu, which is being described as the closest-known ancestor to the giant Tyrannosaurs. The finding by an international team of ...

"It was quite unlike any other fish fossil known from Aotearoa, New Zealand." ...

University of Oklahoma paleontologists recently discovered a 450-million-year-old fossilized soft tissue from a species related to the starfish, a finding that is one of two known examples of this ...

Jurassic Park is a movie that has inspired fans for years, spawning a hugely lucrative franchise that is going strong to this day. Released in 1993, Jurassic Park is based on the novel by science ...

Most animals and plants never fossilize. For those that do, it's usually only hard parts such as bones and shells that preserve. However, in some exceptional cases, soft tissues such as muscles and ...

Paleontologist and Geologist Dr. Ken Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about fossils. Can we extract dinosaur DNA from fossils? How is crude oil made from fossils? Where ...

Earth was a terrifying place during the Cretaceous period, some 66 million to 145 million years ago. During its tail end, Tyrannosaurus rex prowled the land. And a little before that, another kind of ...

Paleontologists who study earth’s ancient fossil record might not seem to be the obvious choice when asking about the prevalence of intelligent life in the cosmos. But paleontology, the study of ...

In pop culture, the term paleontologist has largely evolved to refer to someone who studies dinosaurs, but paleontology is actually a branch of science that focuses on many different fossilized ...