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

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

How have animal skeletons adapted over thousands of years of evolution? In this short film for primary schools Martin Hughes-Games looks at the skeletons of animals and humans and explains how and ...

All mammals have skeletons, like this cat. Many animals have skeletons to support and protect their body and to help it move. The human skeleton is made of bones which grow as we grow. Your bones ...

The leaves and flowers of plants are all formed of a frame-work, beautiful and delicate in the extreme, composed of woody fiber, corresponding to the skeleton of animals; and between the ...

The anatomy of the animal's limbs and claws indicate that it was arboreal and capable of vertically clinging to tree trunks and branches. Its molar teeth had crests to break down abrasive material ...