A 250-million-year-old fossil from Africa reveals that early mammal ancestors laid eggs, offering insight into their survival ...

The species in question was a therapsid, a group of animals that was the forefather to modern-day mammals, including humans.

A previously misidentified Triassic cynodont has been confirmed as a new species, revealing a surviving lineage of early ...

In school, we learned about the asteroid that wiped out an estimated 76% of all creatures. Scientists now call this the fifth ...

Scientists in England have discovered a strange 215-million-year-old “greyhound crocodile” named Galahadosuchus jonesi.

A fast, land-running Triassic croc reveals how convergent evolution shaped predator bodies across time and environments.

A newly discovered Triassic reptile from the UK looked more like a racing greyhound than a crocodile, built for speed on land. With long legs and a lightweight body, it hunted small animals in a dry, ...

A newly discovered prehistoric predator is reshaping the timeline of how Earth’s earliest apex hunters evolved.

In a study published in The Anatomical Record, researchers have identified a new species of large-bodied gorgonopsian from the middle Permian. The discovery pushed back the known origins of when these ...

It ended with a massive meteorite impact that caused a mass extinction, wiping out the dinosaurs and up to 80% of life on ...

A recent discovery of an ancient cousin of modern day crocodiles known as the "warrior crocodile" in Brazil has reshuffled ...