Large dinosaurs remains have seldom been found near the equator. In fact few dinosaurs of any kind, apart from a few ...

Anthony J Martin, Emory University Like many moviegoers this summer, I plan to watch Jurassic World. And because I’m...

A gripping and sad tale of exploration and conservation, reviewed by James Whitmore.

NON-FICTIONThe Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth’s Rarest CreaturesBy William deBuysLittle, Brown and Company (...

The three-horned dinosaur Triceratops had more complex teeth than previously thought, according to new analysis of fo...

Ancient bacteria in Pilbara rock are merely volcanic minerals, scientists say. Belinda Smith repo...

The worm-like shapes in the rock are described in text books as the oldest form of life ever found on Earth. But not ...

John Long, Flinders University and Brian Choo, Flinders University When it comes to big fossil finds, China is full ...

The male and female Stegosaurus looked very different, new research by Princeton University, published in PLOS ONE sh...

OK it's not really all that like a platypus but it is just as strange. So strange in fact that, like the platypus, sc...

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iStock This week Cosmos dug up some of its own fossilised – but fascinating – stories on the impressive cre...

Neanderthals were wearing jewellery long before they encountered modern humans, a new study suggests. Researchers hav...

Neanderthals may have lived for a longer time in Asia than previously thought.

Two independent teams of researchers investigating why East Asian people have more Neanderthal DNA than Europeans hav...

Four views of the 55,000-year-old skull missing its jaw, found in a cave in northern Israel, in the region of western...