Dominican amber preserves a 16-million-year-old ant queen, marking the first fossil evidence of Hypoponera in the Americas.

The fossil record offers a unique window into the history of predator–prey interactions, revealing the evolution of predatory strategies and prey defences over geological timescales. Evidence such as ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences confirms that fossilized remains of marine invertebrates can accurately reflect the functional diversity of past ecosystems ...

A newly described fossil snake from India is forcing scientists to redraw the record books on reptile gigantism, with some estimates suggesting it stretched longer than a modern city bus and ...

In a paper published in National Science Review, a Chinese team of scientists highlights the discovery of well-preserved blue-stain fungal hyphae within a Jurassic fossil wood from northeastern China, ...

Darwin's dilemma: paleontology, the fossil record, and evolutionary theory -- The growth of theoretical paleontology -- The rise of quantitative paleobiology -- From paleoecology to paleobiology -- ...

The fossil record of plant–insect interactions offers an exceptional window into the deep-time co-evolutionary dynamics between terrestrial flora and their insect herbivores. Over hundreds of millions ...

Parasites of Fossil Vertebrates: What We Know and What can We Expect from the Fossil Record? / Tommy L. F. Leung -- Fossil Record of Viruses, Parasitic Bacteria and Parasitic Protozoa / George Poinar ...

Long ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Their gigantic size and immense strength allowed them to dominate land, sea and sky for millions of years. They travelled vast distances, reshaped ecosystems and ...