Expected to provide important clues on pterosaur evolution, the fossil is the first known member of a new genus.

A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has been identified to be a previously ...

A team of researchers re-examining a fossil found about 30 years ago in Kumamoto Prefecture concluded it is a new genus and ...

Biologists have discovered two previously unknown species of crocodiles, one living on the island of Cozumel and the other on the atoll of Banco Chinchorro, both off the Yucat n Peninsula. The ...

A remotely operated submersible saw the “semi-gelatinous” animal lying on the ocean floor and “flying underwater.” Take a ...

Thousands of feet below the surface of the Indian Ocean, a reddish sea creature with “massive eyes” used its “long” arms to ...

KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto prefecture has been identified to be a previously unclassified genus and species of pterosaur, or ...

A new mammal species discovered in Mongolia reveals surprising insights into ancient inland ecosystems and the dietary habits ...

They had discovered a new species of Emerita crab, or mole crab, buried in the coarse sand of Java island, according to a study published May 5 in the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa. Researchers ...