Palaeontology: The prehistoric bird Archaeopteryx – a new analysis brings interesting details to light

Archaeopteryx is a key figure in evolutionary biology. It is a transitional form between birds [...]

A giant on the move: New insights into the origins of Tyrannosaurus rex

It is the big star among the dinosaurs: Tyrannosaurus rex, icon of prehistoric times and [...]

Palaeontology: How the European forest elephants would fare here today

More than 100,000 years ago, game meat was at the top of the European Neanderthals’ [...]

Palaeontology: Giant penguins discovered in Peru

Penguins are by no means exclusively at home in the icy regions of the southern [...]

Palaeontology: Duonychus tsogtbaatari – the dinosaur with the scissor hands

You could be forgiven for thinking that Mother Nature had reached wildly into her bag [...]

Palaeontology: Almost complete skull of the ratite Diatryma discovered in Geiselthal

Scientists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Senckenberg Research Institute and Nature Museum [...]

Palaeontology: Pterosaurs were once prey for prehistoric crocodiles

The Azhdarchidae, a group of pterosaurs, are among the largest flying creatures in the history [...]

Palaeontology: New North African predatory dinosaur species discovered in 80-year-old photos

In 1914, German palaeontologists discovered the fossils of a dinosaur in Egypt. More than a [...]

Palaeontology: Emo and Punk are the stars among the molluscs

British palaeontologist Mark Sutton and his team are currently causing a stir with the discovery [...]

Palaeontology: ‘Dinosaur motorway’ discovered in Great Britain

Researchers have made an extraordinary discovery in a quarry in Oxfordshire: around 200 dinosaur tracks [...]