A fossil skull from China that made headlines last week may or may not be a million years old, but it's probably closely ...

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A 242-million-year-old fossil found on a beach in Devon, England, is changing what we know about lizard evolution. A new study, published in Nature, details how this ancient reptile is giving ...

A once-in-a-lifetime discovery has pushed back the evolutionary history of some of the most mysterious dinosaurs. In September 2025, scientists announced the finding of Zavacephale rinpoche—a ...

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A newly discovered fossil in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert has revealed the oldest and most complete pachycephalosaur ever found, ...

Only four such objects have been discovered, astronomers say. Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" body residing on the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research. The object – which ...