palaeontology

Bosses at museum say the fossilised remains of Ebenezer the allosaur prove Biblical story of Noah's flood 4,300 years ago.

Palaeontologists have excavated 150 bones from the species, which is the biggest land animal yet found.

Hastocularis argus had two pairs of eyes, say researchers at American Museum of Natural History and University of Manchester

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When dinosaurs walked the Earth, flying reptiles as small as sparrows or as big as planes ruled the skies.

Researchers from University of Utah name 500lb bird-like creature from the Dakotas 'Anzu Wyliei'

New theory claims 'dark matter disc' triggers asteroid showers and could have produced asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs.

New dinosaur species estimated up to 10 metres long has been discovered near Lisbon.

Fossil of giant sea reptile ichthyosaur in labour reveals earliest known live birth

Massive volcanic eruptions killed animals instantly, leaving well-preserved fossils of torched bodies.

Remains of juvenile dinosaur about 60 feet long found in China's Gansu province.

Naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough is on board as patron of Jurassica, an £85m prehistoric theme park.

Astronomers discover brightest and most distant supernovas to date.

A huge appetite for museum construction and excavation work has led to a dinosaur craze in China.

University of Manchester scientists team behind new findings on biggest-ever dinosaur

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of T-Rex which is very different from the original.

Researchers from the University of Missouri and Marshall University in Virginia, U.S., have discovered the fossil of a giant crocodile. They speculate the crocodile lived during the late Cretaceous period, which was approximately 95 million years ago.