Evolution Diary

The fossil of a land-bound reptile that could be a link between prehistoric and modern-day crocodiles was put on public display for the first time yesterday. (…)

Australia’s duck-billed platypus has been around much longer than previously thought, according to a new fossil study that found the egg-laying mammal’s origin traces back to the dinosaur days. (…)

The fossil of a dinosaur with a flesh wound has been discovered in northeastern China, offering the most complete view to date of dinosaur skin, a scientist says. (…)

 
Scientists continue to learn more about Thecodontosaurus
New research into the Bristol dinosaur Thecodontosaurus suggests it lived on subtropical islands around the city and not in a desert. (…)

A fossil unearthed in China has given scientists a rare glimpse of what dinosaurs were like in the flesh. (…)