New research led by UNSW Sydney palaeontologists challenges the idea that indigenous Australians hunted Australia's megafauna to extinction ...

A new look at cuts on a giant kangaroo bone reveal First Peoples as fossil collectors, not hunters who helped drive species extinct, some scientists argue.

Palaeontologists say there is no hard evidence in the fossil record that extinct Australian megafauna were butchered by First ...

Researchers often rely on fossil teeth for clues about what extinct animals ate. Giant ground sloths’ teeth have been tricky to analyze, though – until now.

It’s also the first pterosaur ever found in Syria. Pterosaurs were large dinosaur relatives that were the first vertebrate species to evolve to have the ability of active flight, a trait we see now in ...

A massive, mysterious fossil unearthed in Antarctica has been identified as the first fossilized egg ever found on the ...

Sayanti Mukherjee's award-winning project emphasizes the need for social and economic buy-in for renewable energy.

A kaleidoscope of lights illuminated the grand hall of the Texas Science and Natural History Museum as people wandered its ...

After comparing shapes, depths, and pressure patterns, this study found that two different hominin species left footprints in ...

Researchers have developed a novel application of histological staining to screen for ancient proteins in situ—within the ...

Russia’s Coal Collapse signals the end of the fossil era. From bankrupt mines to battery booms, the global energy transition ...