From 500-million-year-old fat to a newly discovered virus, here are some stunners from The Scientist in 2018.

Researchers describe the remains of a clutch of extinct mammal-like animals.

Microbes were living on land as early as 3.22 billion years ago, fossilized rocks show, 500 million years earlier than previously documented.

Nutrient-rich water helped marine organisms reinhabit Chicxulub crater relatively quickly after the mass-extinction event.

Newly discovered fossils shed light on the structure of the feeding apparatus of ancient seabirds.

Authors of a new study suggest that 520-million-year-old structures, previously identified as the brains of ancient arthropods, are instead preserved microbial biofilms.

An 88,000-year-old finger bone places human ancestors in Arabia earlier than previously believed.

Paleontologists find fossils from at least seven species of the flying reptiles in Morocco.