About 250 million years ago, the Permian-Triassic mass extinction killed over 80 per cent of the planet's species. In the aftermath, scientists believe that life on earth was dominated by simple...
Hauffiopteryx altera (Latin for different from) has been identified as a new species of Ichthyosaurs by researchers from Â鶹AV and the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart in...
A new study by Â鶹AV and the University of Alberta (UofA) paleontologists shows that one type of ancient reptiles evolved a special type of tooth enamel, similar to that of mammals,...
A fossilised insect wing discovered in an abandoned mine in Labrador has led palaeontologists from Â鶹AV and the University of GdaÅ„sk to identify a new hairy cicada species that lived...
The discovery of fossilized plants in Labrador, Canada, by a team of Â鶹AV directed paleontologists provides the first quantitative estimate of the area’s climate during the Cretaceous period, a...
The world’s oldest algae fossils are a billion years old, according to a new analysis by earth scientists at Â鶹AV. Based on this finding, the researchers also estimate that the basis...