For almost 200 years it has been believed that the placental mammals, and the related marsupials, had originated in the northern hemisphere

Australia, home to the most unusual animal species on the planet, can now lay claim to being the wellspring of modern mammal evolution.

Diverse microbial life existed on Earth 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study challenging the current view of when life began.

A fossil discovery from Scotland has provided new information on the early evolution of lizards, during the time of the dinosaurs.

Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study challenging the view of when life began.

Findings suggest a variety of microbial life may have existed on primordial Earth, potentially 300 million years after the planet formed.

The mountain fortress of Rabana-Merquly in modern Iraqi Kurdistan was one of the major regional centres of the Parthian Empire.

Karoo fossils provide “smoking gun” on clues to when warm-bloodedness evolved in pre-mammalian ancestors according to researchers.

It’s what’s inside Stanleycaris’ head that has researchers most excited. Remains of the brain are still preserved after 506 million years.

At present, there is no other equipment that can detect minute amounts of bio-residue on a rock during the daytime. Biofinder can.

Researchers have identified the remains of one of Europe’s largest ever land-based hunters: a dinosaur that measured over 10m long.

Scientists have described the youngest therizinosaur fossil from Japan and the first in Asia to have been found in marine sediments.

One fateful day some 66 million years ago, a 7.5-mile-wide space rock slammed into the Earth ending the age of the dinosaur.

The lower jaw and teeth fossil offers a window into what the Earth was like during the Eocene Period, more than 40 million years ago.

So what should you do if you stumble on a fossil or an artifact in your backyard, at the beach, in a local park or on a rural property.

A giant fossilized penguin discovered by New Zealand school children has been revealed as a new species in a peer-reviewed journal.