They were preyed upon by gorgonopsians—fleet-footed synapsid carnivores with needle-sharp teeth." The late Permian rocks we passed as we neared Lootsberg Pass capture the synapsids at the height ...

It does not fit neatly into reptile or mammal classifications. Researchers identified the specimen as a Gorgonopsian, an extinct predator from the synapsid group, which later gave rise to mammals. It ...

It’s Boxing Day up here in the endless winter of Canada. Boxing Day does not involve people beating each other to a pulp. Well, it can, but that’s because people get really weird about sales and ...

Deep within the limestone cliffs of Majorca, scientists have uncovered a 270-million-year-old fossil that challenges our understanding of prehistoric life. This one-meter-long predator, lacking fur ...