A fossil once hailed as evidence of a unique mosasaur species, Xenodens calminechari, may be a forgery, a new study claims. The 72-million-year-old fossil, described in 2021, includes a partial ...

Iron-rich rocks at McGraths Flat preserve Miocene rainforest life in remarkable detail, reshaping ideas about how and where exceptional fossils form. Beneath agricultural land in the central ...

Over 150 years ago, a fossilized organism known as Prototaxites emerged as an enigma regarding what early land life may have ...

The study of fossil feathers and melanosome preservation has significantly advanced our understanding of the evolutionary history of vertebrate integumentary systems. Fossilised feathers, replete with ...

Fossil resins and ambers constitute a remarkable archive of ancient biological and geological information, offering unique insights into palaeoecological dynamics, plant evolution, and diagenetic ...

An analysis of marine fossils from the Upper Miocene Chagres Formation in Panama, most belonging to the Myctophidae family, discovered four new species, one of which has been named in honor of Brigida ...

An investigation published by The BMJ today reveals the extent of fossil fuel industry involvement in medical research, leading to fresh calls for academics and publishing companies to cut ties with ...