Fossils

Researchers exploring a cave beneath a medieval German castle have uncovered a treasure trove of ancient bones, unlocking secrets about the earliest humans.  The findings, published in Nature and Nature Ecology & Evolution, shed…

Dinosaurs the size of buses or five-story skyscrapers could not exist if their bones were as solid and heavy as ours. Dinosaurs, like modern birds, possessed hollow bones with inside structures known as air sacs, which allowed their…

Hundreds of insects were trapped in sediment along the Sylva River's bank millions of years ago. Scientists are currently analyzing these animals, which look to be covered in pollen, indicating that they may have been among the world's…

A tooth from the prehistoric ancestor of the extinct monster predator, the megalodon, was found among the fossils. Researchers from Australia's National Science Agency (CSIRO) uncovered the peculiar discovery while conducting a biodiversity…