The skulls of tetrapods had fewer bones than extinct and living fish, limiting their evolution for millions of years, according to a latest study. By analysing fossil skulls of animals across the ...

Researchers say the specimen will help them learn about the ‘weird, odd, wonderful, mysterious’ Pachycephalosaurus.

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An illustration of the Lambeosaurus, which is a duck-billed dinosaur that shares traits with the newly discovered skull in this study. Getty What's new — Scientists compared one newly discovered skull ...

The sense of smell is vital for animals, as it helps them find food, protect themselves from predators and interact socially.

A Tyrannosaurus rex could bite hard enough to shatter the bones of its prey. But how it accomplished this feat without breaking its own skull bones has baffled paleontologists. That's why scientists ...

For 200 million years, a skull lay buried in what would eventually become rural England, more specifically, Fell Mill Farm in Warwickshire. Discovered in 1955, the three-foot-long triangular skull was ...

The skulls of tetrapods had fewer bones than extinct and living fish, limiting their evolution for millions of years, according to a latest study. The skulls of tetrapods had fewer bones than extinct ...

The first four-legged animals to walk on land had fewer skull bones than fish - limiting their evolution for millions of years, according to new research. Tetrapods were the earliest land animals with ...