Buried in Australia's so-called dead heart, a trove of exceptional fossils, including those of trapdoor spiders, giant cicadas, tiny fish and a feather from an ancient bird, reveal a unique snapshot ...

The Cooper Center houses Orange County's largest collection of local fossils but resides in an unmarked warehouse that's ...

Scientists have now discovered the oldest ancestor for all the Australian tree frogs, with distant links to the tree frogs of South America.

Scientists have now discovered the oldest ancestor for all the Australian tree frogs, with distant links to the tree frogs of South America.Newly ...

Learn more about the lineages of Australian and South American tree frogs, which separated approximately 55 million years ago at the latest, according to a new analysis of fossils.

The extinct Malleodectidae family of carnivorous marsupials has become a little bit bigger with the addition of a newly ...

A newly discovered prehistoric tegu fossil in Florida reveals the ancient origins of these invasive lizards, challenging ...

In new research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, we identify Australia’s earliest known species of ...

Tegus, once thought to be newcomers, actually roamed ancient Georgia during a global warm spell millions of years ago — a ...

Scientists named it Wautaugategu formidus. The name “Wautauga” comes from a nearby forest. “Formidus”, Latin for “warm”, nods ...