palaeontology

New insights have allowed researchers to create the most accurate depiction of any dinosaur to date.

Aristos Georgiou Nov 29, 2017

Restoration expert Eudald Guillamet found the animal artwork while cleaning the cave to remove graffiti.

Nov 28, 2017

Geologist Naresh Ghose found the prokaryote, a tiny, single celled organism, in shale underlying volcanic rock in the Gwalior basin of the Bundelkhand region near Jhansi.

IBT UK Contributor Nov 25, 2017

Scientists believe that a Sauropod that weighed 35 tonnes was responsible for making massive 110-step trackways.

India Ashok Nov 14, 2017

Scientists estimate that during the Permian Period, before dinosaurs even existed, Antarctica was covered in trees.

India Ashok Nov 11, 2017

Humans are lucky it hit that spot sixty-six million years ago, or we might not be around today.

Matthew Wills Nov 10, 2017

Weighing around 50kg, Siamogale melilutra was much larger than any other living otter and likely would have been a formidable hunter as a result of its powerful bite and size.

Aristos Georgiou Nov 09, 2017

Researchers used iridium - the second most dense metal on Earth - to effectively target and attack cancer cells, boosting hopes for new treatments.

Aristos Georgiou Nov 02, 2017

Researchers estimate that the fearsome predator had a wingspan of up to 36 feet and may have stood as tall as a giraffe.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 31, 2017

The dinosaur fossil, which was found in the South of France, is believed to be a primitive cousin of Iguanodon and has been named Matheronodon provincialis.

India Ashok Oct 30, 2017

The 5.5 metre-long Jurassic ichthyosaur is believed to be one of the most complete skeletons of its kind ever found in India.

India Ashok Oct 27, 2017

The colour patterns of dinosaurs resemble those seen in many modern animals, helping them to avoid detection by both predators and prey.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 26, 2017

The dinosaur footprints measured 57cm long, suggesting it was was around 30ft tall - around four times the size of a fully-grown lion. It roamed what is now southern Africa 200 million years ago.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 25, 2017

Dinosaurs have acquired a bad rep for being solitary lone rangers with bad tempers, but a new discovery reveals that they may have been group sleepers.

Lucia Binding Oct 22, 2017

A remarkably well-preserved fossilised skeleton of the tyrannosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period was found in southern Utah.

India Ashok Oct 20, 2017

Over millions of years, large herbivores such as certain dinosaurs may have played a crucial role in dispersing vital nutrients across continents.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 17, 2017

Fossils dismissed in the 1970s as a common species have now been identified as a new kind of ichthyosaur. Researchers made the discovery after exposing evidence of fakery.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 11, 2017

The salamander has an incredible level of detail preserved, including its spinal cord, gut, muscle and glands. Its last meal of a frog is also still visible in its stomach.

Martha Henriques Oct 04, 2017

A fossil belonging to the 'Melksham Monster' had been sitting in the archives of the Natural History Museum for nearly 150 years before being identified as a new species.

Aristos Georgiou Oct 03, 2017

The meal could have been the ichthyosaur's first and last. Let's hope it was good.

Martha Henriques Oct 03, 2017

Researchers think they have identified the evolutionary process behind this transformation.

Michael J. Benton Sep 27, 2017

The unusual behaviour may have been linked to sexual activity.

Aristos Georgiou Sep 21, 2017

The fearsome crocodile lived among the dinosaurs during the Cretaceous Period.

Martha Henriques Sep 14, 2017

Scientists found traces of complex animals which pre-date the oldest known fossils.

Aristos Georgiou Sep 12, 2017

The skull shape was closely related to the size and shape of the brain within.

Sep 11, 2017

Soriatitan golmayensis is thought to have lived between 130 and 138 million years ago.

Aristos Georgiou Sep 11, 2017

The marine reptile is the earliest of its kind to be discovered.

Aristos Georgiou Aug 28, 2017

A 12,000-year-old skeleton was found among sabre-toothed cats and giant ground sloths.

Aug 25, 2017

It went dark for at least two years after the asteroid hit 66 million years ago.

Martha Henriques Aug 21, 2017

Chilesaurus has baffled scientists since its discovery in 2015.

Léa Surugue Aug 16, 2017