Simply Put: Global warming & mammoths

Palaeontologist discovers ancient, enormous Caelocanth species by accident

It grew to be as big as a great white shark

A newly identified ‘Hell chicken’ species suggests dinosaurs weren’t sliding toward extinction before the fateful asteroid hit

A study has recognised three related, chicken-like dinosaurs in North America’s Hell Creek Formation 

Dinosaurs may have ‘flashed’ each other with their bottoms, newly discovered fossil shows

Evidence certainly suggests that hundreds of millions of years ago, dinosaurs flashed their behinds as a form of communication

Colossal snake fossil unearthed in Gujarat from 47 million years ago could be world’s largest

Vasuki indicus remains measure 10-15 metres long; could be comparable to current largest extinct snake Titanoboa

Gorgosaurus: Sotheby’s all set to auction T-Rex’s cousin

Bushfires have reshaped life on Earth before. They could do it again

Australia is one of only 17 'megadiverse' countries, much of which is concentrated in areas torched by the current fires

When did Homo erectus die out?

A fresh look at the demise of an ancient human species over 100,000 years ago

New species of reptile identified from Scotland fossil

The fossil is from the Scottish Isle of Skye, one of the few places in the world where fossils from the Middle Jurassic Period can be found