The Latest Breaking News on Paleontology

Sale of the 150-million-year-old fossil could draw criticism from scientists who want them to be preserved in museums.

The largest stegosaurus skeleton ever found is expected to fetch millions of dollars at auction in New York next week, likely fueling objections from paleontologists.

Comptonatus chasei roamed island 125m years ago and is most complete dinosaur fossil found in UK in a century

Comptonatus chasei would have been a hefty dinosaur, the same size as an American bison

Comptonatus chasei was a plant-eater about the size of a big male American bison, scientists said.

Gaiasia jennyae lived 40 million years before dinosaurs first evolved.

About 2.5 metres long, creature was an apex predator 280m years ago, before age of dinosaurs, say scientists

Scientists have identified a giant salamanderlike predator with sharp fangs that likely ruled waters 280 million years ago

The creature had huge fangs and a skull over 2ft long

Allowing broadcast cross-ownership could give flagging news orgs a boost

Richard Forrest has spent half a century combing beaches for ammonites and other fossils. Along the Dorset coast, the constant shift of earth, rocks and sand continually reveals fresh evidence of life millions of years ago