Scientists have revealed a new, remarkably complete fossil - a 16ft (5m)-long aquatic reptile from the Triassic period. The creature dates back 240 million years and has been dubbed a "dragon ...
Caption Paleontologists David Martill, Nizar Ibrahim, Paul Sereno and Cristiano Dal Sasso at the field site (from left to right). A partial spine of Spinosaurus can be seen in the foreground. This ...
The newly discovered early whale lived about 43 million years ago The fossil of a 43-million-year ... its weight and a powerful tail, the semi-aquatic whale has been compared to an otter or ...
A sixteen-centimeter (6-inch) tadpole fossil intrigues scientists. Discovered in Patagonia, it could well redefine our understanding of the evolution of frogs. This exceptional finding sheds light on ...
and in the fossil record, we can observe the gradual accumulation of these aquatic adaptations in the lineage that led to modern whales. As evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin points out ...