DINOSAUR hunters have made a spectacular discovery which sheds new light on a giant “mega raptor” that stalked the Earth 120 million years ago. Palaeontologists in Australia came ...

Between 122 and 108 million years ago, the Australian landmass was much farther south than today. Victoria was positioned within the Antarctic Circle, separated from Tasmania by a vast rift valley ...

One branch of theropods were giants in South America while another filled smaller niches, but in Australia they reversed ...

Discover the 10 oldest animal fossils ever found, revealing ancient life forms that shaped evolution. Explore their origins, ...

Fossils of the world’s oldest megaraptorid and the first-ever carcharodontosaurs in Australia have been discovered, ...

Paleontologists have uncovered fossils of not one but two apex predator groups coexisting in ancient Victoria, Australia. First, they have identified the oldest megaraptorid fossils ever found, ...

Jurassic bird fossil discovery of a species named Baminornis zhenghensis pushes bird evolution timeline back 20 million years ...

Contenders for the true first birds have now been found in Chinese rocks dating from the late Jurassic, around 149 million ...

A skull fossil uncovered in Antarctica may be the oldest modern bird ever found-a creature the size of a mallard […] ...

A 69 million-year-old skull fossil discovered in Antarctica is an ancient relative of geese and ducks, making it the oldest known modern bird.

The fossil discovered at Sea-Tac Airport is at the Burke Museum, and named for the man who first came across it. Nearly 60% ...

A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and geese that lived 69 million years ago ...