Traces or perforations caused by living organisms after an animal's death can be found on various dinosaur bone remains.

A revolutionary study from the University of Liverpool has upended fundamental assumptions about the fossilization process, potentially transforming how scientists approach the study of ancient life.

For many years, it was widely believed that fossils no longer contained any original organic molecules as the fossilization process was thought to destroy them. Now, a groundbreaking study, led by the ...

Researchers say the remarkable fossil preserves embryos and larvae inside the animal's gills, offering a rare glimpse into ...

“A DNA strand, like me, is a blueprint for building a living thing” says the anthropomorphic double-helix Mr. DNA at the beginning of 1993’s Jurassic Park, “...And sometimes, animals that went extinct ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

They’re not many people’s favorite bird, likely due to their macabre associations, but recently a vulture has got the scientific community very excited. That’s because the vulture in question is ...

A surprising discovery in the feathers of a fossil vulture from central Italy has revealed that volcanic deposits can preserve delicate tissue structures in unprecedented detail, offering new insights ...

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Scientists have studied a 133-million-year-old fossil of a flying reptile. The findings reveal that oxygen-dependent microbes ...

Palaeontologists discover molecular evidence of phaeomelanin, the pigment that produces ginger coloration. Phaeomelanin is now toxic to animals – this discovery may be first step in understand its ...