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Paleontologists describe some of the oldest teeth, jaws and limbs ever discovered

Sue, the biggest and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, no doubt was a fearsome beast when this predator prowled what is now South Dakota about 67 million years ago at the twilight of the age of dinosaurs. But even this huge dinosaur, whose fossils are displayed at the Field Museum…

Researchers in China have found a major catch of fish fossils, including the oldest teeth from any species

Nasa confirmed its spacecraft successfully collided with a 170-metre wide asteroid just after midnight today

The DART satellite successfully crashed. Can we apply its lessons in time to protect Earth from an asteroid impact?

South Australia’s Naracoorte Caves is one of the world’s best fossil sites, containing a record spanning more than half a million years. Among the remains preserved in layers of sand are the bones of many iconic Australian megafauna species that became extinct between 48,000 and 37,000 years ago.

New research reveals details of the lives of Britons who lived up to 8,500 years ago

The world's human population is forecast to surpass 8 billion in the coming months. But we've got nothing on the "little things that run the world".

Studies on hundreds of dinosaur egg fossils in China suggest there may have only been around three species left when they were wiped out by an asteroid