Trace fossils, the preserved records of biological activity, provide a unique window into the interactions between ancient organisms and their sedimentary settings. By recording behaviours such as ...

Fossil hunters in Kenya have uncovered footprints on an ancient shore that are teaching us something entirely new about how ancient hominins lived.

A new study of sediments laid down shortly after an asteroid plowed into the Gulf of Mexico 65.5 million years ago, an event that is linked to widespread global extinctions including the demise of big ...

It's hard believe now, but we weren't always the only hominins walking around on Earth, and in the past, multiple hominins lived at the same time.

An illustration from the paper, depicting Ninumbeehan digging a burrow in a riverbed for the dry season and then re-emerging when the monsoon returned. Higher res tif file available on request at ...

Paleontologists have revealed the fossilized remains of a curious creature that is not only one of Earth's oldest animals, but may even be the first to have ever been mobile. Dubbed Quaestio ...

Introduction. Ichnology : present trends and some future directions / Richard G. Bromley [and others] -- part 1. Concepts and reviews -- part 2. Ethology and ecology : linking trace fossils and ...

Sleuthing dinosaurs -- These feet were made for walking, running, sitting, swimming, herding, and hunting -- The mystery of Lark Quarry -- Dinosaur nests and brining up babies -- Dinosaurs down ...