Palaeontology is the study of prehistoric species, mostly ones that are extinct. It focuses primarily on fossil data, using a variety of physical, chemical and biological techniques to analyse them.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A record 47% of the European Union’s electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, with a ...

Fossils of these mysterious stalks, dating to between 350 million and 420 million years ago, reveal “trunks up to 24 feet … high and as wide as 3 feet,” reported National Geographic’s Anne ...

Elliott and Eric Lipton Hours after his inauguration on Monday, President Trump signed a barrage of executive orders to grant his administration new powers to promote fossil fuels and to withdraw ...

LIMA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Paleontologists in Peru on Monday unveiled the 9-million-year-old fossil of a relative of the great white shark that once inhabited the waters of the southern Pacific ...

A deal on ending public financing for foreign fossil fuel projects — which Canada co-led on the world stage — has died in the face of key holdout countries and the incoming administration of U ...

The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, are not what scientists believed they were, new research finds. Instead ...

A detailed 3D model of Punk and Emo, reconstructed as digital virtual fossils. Credit: Dr Mark Sutton / Imperial College Londo The discovery of two ancient fossils shows early mollusks were more ...

Chandramouli Biswas, best known for being part of band Fossils as a bassist was found dead in Kolkata. Former band members and fans took to social media to mourn the loss of a great talent. Their ...

The body has been sent for post-mortem. The handwriting on the note is also being checked. Fossils manager Rupsha Dasgupta said that Chandramouli was with Fossils from 2000-2018. He joined the ...

The body of Chandramouli Biswas, former bassist of the band Fossils, was discovered in Kolkata. Police suspect suicide. The news deeply affected his former bandmates, with Rupam Islam and others ...