Blood vessel structures found preserved in a famous T rex fossil are helping scientists understand how dinosaurs healed from injuries. A study published recently in the journal Scientific Reports ...

Astronomers have discovered a galaxy that has been "frozen in time" for billions of years. Like a celestial dinosaur fossil, this galaxy could reveal the secrets of cosmic evolution.

Blood vessel structures found preserved in a famous T rex fossil are helping scientists understand how dinosaurs healed from injuries. Scotty, nicknamed for a celebratory bottle of scotch used the ...

The tiny, 60 million-year-old fossil's location suggests that grape vines started to spread around the world from an origin in what is now South America shortly after the extinction of most ...

The research has shed light on the emergence of large dinosaurs and their geographic spread, as well as the role of environmental changes in their evolution.

Molecules from 20-million-year-old teeth are among the oldest ever sequenced.

Researchers in Nova Scotia discovered a new predatory fish species, Sphyragnathus tyche, offering new insights into evolution after the Devonian extinction.

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Forget buying a Picasso, the one per cent want nostalgic artefacts like computers and bones – and auctioneers are struggling to keep up ...