John Long, Flinders University; Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki, Uppsala University, and Per Ahlberg, Uppsala University ...

Fossil tracks found in Australia push the origin of reptiles back by 40 million years, altering the timeline of tetrapod ...

In other words, the appearance of reptiles—and by extension, the evolutionary branch that leads to humankind—gets pushed back ...

The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought -- thanks to evidence discovered at an Australian fossil site that represents a critical ...

The planet's trees have seen plenty of history pass by their trunks. In fact, they began to populate Earth 385 million years ago, toward the end of the Devonian period. Considered living historical ...

While the tetrapods initially still needed water to reproduce, the evolution of the egg and internal fertilisation led to the ...

Embedded in the slab’s fine sandstone are delicate imprints: long toes ending in sharp claws, left by an animal that trotted ...

Researchers from Keele University analyzed the impact of supernovae on Earth's atmosphere. These stellar explosions could have damaged the ozone layer, exposing life to harmful solar radiation. The ...

While geothermal energy is most associated with countries such as Iceland or Italy, few know Lithuania also has this clean, ...

The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought – thanks to evidence discovered at an ...

For decades, scientists have debated what wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. The usual suspects? A massive ...