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Broad-nosed ancient shark was one of earliest fish to smell in stereo
Fossils found in Morocco show the sensory specialisation of a 365-million-year-old shark, given the species name聽Maghriboselache mohamezanei
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Longest dinosaur neck on record was six times longer than a giraffe’s
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Oldest ichthyosaur fossil hints they evolved before mass extinction
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Fossil thought to be earliest bryozoan animal may actually be seaweed
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Spine of early crawling fish was becoming more like a land animal’s
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Sea life recovered from Permian mass extinction faster than we thought
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Early relatives of primates lived in the Arctic 52 million years ago
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Treasure trove of fossil eggs hints titanosaurs nested in colonies
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Trilobites used trident-like horns to fight over mates like stags
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The ozone layer was destroyed during Earth’s biggest mass extinction
Fossils show plants were producing higher levels of sunscreen chemicals to protect against higher ultraviolet light levels at the end of the Permian period
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Largest ever animal may have been Triassic ichthyosaur super-predator
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Fossils reveal the dinosaur era’s changing insect soundscape
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DNA from 2 million years ago is the oldest ever recovered
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Ancient bird with a movable beak rewrites the story of avian evolution
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