The Latest Breaking News on Paleontology

Use of bear skin was likely ‘key adaptation’ of early humans to the climate in the north

The findings were described as “pretty remarkable”.

Paleontologists agree that a massive asteroid strike triggered the end of the dinosaurs, but a debate has persisted over the reptiles’ overall state at the time of the fateful collision.

Sorry to those Cretaceous mammals I guess.

Findings suggest these flying dinosaurs likely had a diverse diet and was not a specialist

Paleontologists say they have identified foot of mouse-sized mammal in fossilised rib cage of predatory microraptor

Palaeontologists analysed fossil remains showing a small, feathered dinosaur – known as Microraptor – with the foot of an animal inside its ribcage.

Have you ever eaten chicken feet? If you haven’t, you might be surprised to learn there’s actually quite a bit of flesh down there. And scales too! They’re wonderful – and informative – pieces of engineering.

To slow and reverse the fastest loss of Earth’s living things since the dinosaurs, almost 200 countries have signed an agreement in Montreal, Canada, promising to live in harmony with nature by 2050. The Kunming-Montreal agreement is not legally binding but it will require signatories to report their progress towards…