The Latest Breaking News on Paleontology

Krusatodon kirtlingtonensis, which lived 166m years ago, ‘a piece of the puzzle’ explaining mammals’ success

The study was carried out by an international team led by researchers at National Museums Scotland.

Auction price blew past pre-sale estimate of $4m to $6m

Sotheby’s sells fossil to anonymous American bidder, smashing prior auction record of $31.8m for tyrannosaurus rex Stan.

The dinosaur remains, which measure 3.4 metres tall and 8.2 metres long, show evidence that it had arthritis

The largest stegosaurus skeleton ever found, nicknamed Apex, sold for a record breaking $44.6 million at auction in New York on Wednesday, Sotheby's said.

It has giddying cliffs, three-billion-year-old rocks, a prehistoric forest – and a giant bronze dinosaur called Fern. Our writer hurtles back through millennia as the beloved museum’s five-year revamp comes to fruition

The new gardens will double as a living laboratory

Australian Amber has preserved ancient life forms in incredible detail — allowing researchers to uncover a 42 million year old secret.