The research highlights how evolution repurposes existing genetic tools, turning them into versatile drivers of innovation.

The unique footprints, measuring no more than a centimeter, were fossilized imprints left by a Microraptor and were created ...

An "extraordinary" new fossil discovery has shed light on the dramatic evolution of flying reptiles that coexisted with ...

The history of a major animal group, composed of millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nemotodes, has been elusive -- until now. A team has now identified the oldest known ecdysozoan in the ...

Found in southern Germany, the fossil is notable for being nearly complete and preserved in three dimensions—a rarity in pterosaur remains.

Scientists have identified Uncus dzaugisi, the oldest ecdysozoan fossil from the Precambrian period, confirming long-held ...

The pterosaurs are extinct flying reptiles that lived alongside their close relatives, the dinosaurs. The largest of these ...

Laurasia .The massive neck dips, casting a curving shadow on the mossy ground. The dinosaur's jaws close around its prize.

The “one-of-a-kind” fossil of Navaornis hestiae helps fill a giant gap in scientists’ understanding of how bird brains ...