A fossil found in Canada explains the origins of feathers — and they weren’t for flight
Paleontology
Found: A Parrot-Headed, Big-Fanged, Porcupine Dinosaur. Really.
A hodge-podge fossil that was ignored for decades shows how creative —and even whimsical — evolution can be
Second Gunman in Death of the Dinosaurs
A cunning study of geology, shells and ancient magnetism offers clues to a long-ago extinction
Where Did the Hobbit Come From?
As paleontologists look more closely at the skeleton of Homo floresiensis, the species’ origin gets ever more mysterious
