More than 200 fossilized eggs belonging to the flying reptile Hamipterus tianshanensis have been unearthed in northwestern China. The discovery includes at least 16 partial embryos, several preserved ...

No fossil egg from a therapsid, the broader group that includes mammal ancestors, had been conclusively identified before. “It is also thrilling because this discovery breaks entirely new ground. For ...

You can’t make a mammal-ette without laying some eggs. The duck-billed platypus wasn’t the only mammal to lay eggs. Analysis of a fossil in South Africa proves that our mammalian ancestors were ...

Curious minds have asked the same question for centuries: Did mammals hatch from eggs? It might sound ludicrous given what we know about modern mammals. However, this was not the case for the ...

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A major paleontology discovery in southern France has revealed an ...

Scientists had nicknamed it “The Thing” — a mysterious football-sized fossil discovered in Antarctica that sat in a Chilean museum awaiting someone who could work out just what it was. Now, analysis ...

A resident of Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, recently stumbled upon several intact dinosaur egg fossils, which experts have preliminarily identified as holding significant scientific and ...

The small, plant-eating Lystrosaurus thrived post-extinction, while its predators suffocated to death. Its eggs played a critical role. Reading time 3 minutes Fantastic numbers of leathery, beaked ...