The decidedly unattractive creature dominated the competition in the contest run by Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, ...

Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery.

Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope keels ...

A 70-million-year-old titanosaur skeleton was discovered in France by amateur paleontologist Damien Boschetto. The nearly ...

The researchers determined that the skeleton belonged to a mature adult that weighed about 1.3 kilograms, or 2.9 pounds. The anatomy of the animal's limbs and claws indicate that it was arboreal ...

Studies of the horns, spikes, plates and clubs of dinosaurs could help settle a long-standing debate over their function ...

Skeleton shows Mixodectes pungens lived in trees and primarily ate leaves during the Paleocene epoch, highlighting its unique ...

More than a decade after being labeled the "world’s ugliest animal," the blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) has made an ...

Newly analyzed fossil skeleton of Mixodectes pungens reveals its tree-dwelling lifestyle, dietary habits, and ties to ...

For more than 140 years, Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery. What little was known about them had been mostly ...

with researchers keen to discover more about the animal's biology and habitat. Since 70% of the skeleton was recovered, scientists at the Cruzy Museum are examining its growth patterns, anatomy ...