New fossil prints reveal killer claws. The six-million-year-old tracks of a giant carnivorous bird show that this hunter was not so different from its earlier dinosaur relatives.

Fossilised bones are some of the most tangible evidence of a dinosaur, but they aren't the only way to study these prehistoric animals. Preserved footprints, also known as ichnites, are a type of ...

An Archaeopteryx fossil. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers studying tracks fossilized in Cretaceous-era lakeshore mud in what is now South Korea argue this week in Proceedings of the National Academy ...

The five fossil prints are part of what's known as the Laetoli site, a zone of volcanic ash on which an ancient menagerie roamed, from relatives of elephants and rhinoceros to tiny guineafowl.

The fossil was brought to the attention of John Long at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, and his colleagues, who dated the slab to around 356 million years ago. This is more than 35 ...

Ancient cat fossils, paw prints recovered from beneath Texas Hill Country by: Eric Henrikson. Posted: Jan 13, 2023 / 08:44 AM CST. Updated: Jan 13, 2023 / 03:06 PM CST.

Fossil claw prints found in Australia were probably made by the earliest known members of the group that includes reptiles, birds and mammals, according to a study published in Nature today 1.

Visitors to London's Natural History Museum are being given the opportunity to see 3D prints of the sensational new Homo naledi fossils.

While walking along the English island's Wessex Formation coast on Wednesday, Feb. 12, Joe Thompson stumbled upon a rare, purple dinosaur print imprinted in clay, according to an Instagram post ...

The Sterkfontein Caves are located within the Cradle of Humankind UNESCO World Heritage Site where some of the world’s most ...

For 20 years, this school had no idea there was a dinosaur fossil right outside The boulder in an Australian school foyer was covered in what looked like chicken feet — if those chickens were ...