Patrick Rodgers, galleries director, said this year’s exhibitions will showcase different styles of art that haven’t been as ...

The first inhabitants of southern Africa knew about locally abundant dicynodont fossils and made rock art about them.

The artwork suggests that the San people of South Africa have an Indigenous knowledge of paleontology that predated Western ...

Unusual tusks on preserved skulls of dicynodonts influenced the look of a mythical beast painted by Southern Africa’s San people, a researcher suspects.

In the wrap-up of “Objects of Wonder,” hundreds of the museum’s most treasured specimens are returning to the collection ...

A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art might portray an ancient species preserved as fossils in the ...

A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art might portray an ancient species preserved as fossils in the same region, according to a new study.

For a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, the author investigated the Horned Serpent Panel, a section of rock wall ...

Rare, newly discovered fossils revealed that some species of massive ancient flying reptiles called pterosaurs soared like vultures, while others had a different flight style. — NASA astronaut ...

Sep. 6, 2024 — Some species of pterosaurs flew by flapping their wings while others soared like vultures, demonstrates a new study. Findings include a new pterosaur with a five-meter wingspan ...

Scientists in Brazil identified marine worms that made at least some trace fossil burrows called Bifungites. By Priyanka Runwal If you know where to look, you can find dumbbell-shaped fossils in ...