The art that brings dinosaurs to life.

Palaeoart: Drawing From the Past

Sabertooth salmon is a cooler name, but can understand why they changed the name.

Palaeo Profile: The Spike-Toothed Salmon

Stone tools and fossil feces found around a mammoth skeleton might be signs of a standoff between humans and hyenas.

Scavenger Versus Scavenger

After 175 years, scientists have figured out where to classify the extinct hyolith.

An Ancient Cone-Shaped Creature Finally Gets a Branch on the Tree of Life

A fossil skull from China represents one of the largerst saber-toothed carnivores of all time. Bigger than Smilodon. Eek!

The Biggest Saber Cat

That is one big fish! Can we call him "Bitey"? :)

Gigantic Spike-Toothed Salmon Swam in California Rivers 5 Million Years Ago

An extinct bird that lived about 120 million years ago had iridescent feathers that it may have used to attract a mate, fossil evidence shows.

Dino-Bird Fossil Had Sparkly Feather "to Attract Mate"

Fossil collections are where the science of palaeontology truly lives. Valuable dinosaur bones must be treated accordingly. So stop calling museum collections "dark and dusty."

Preserve and Protect: How Palaeontologists Care for Their Long-Dead, High-Maintenance Stars

Every fossilized skeleton is a unique snowflake. We now know that some contain biological bits of tooth and claw.

Fossilized Dinos Are Bones Turned to Stone - But Sometimes, Part of the Original Dino Survives

Saw tuskers, now with fewer tusks. This unusual fossil pachyderm totally lacked upper tusks.

Palaeo Profile: The Invisible-Tusked Elephant