For most of us, the last time we heard the word "paleontology" was likely to have been in a ‘Jurassic Park’ film. Why or where else would we routinely come across the word that denotes the study of animal and plant fossils?

Meet India’s 15-year old paleontologist, whose fascination for fossils is taking her places 

In what can be a treat for several paleontologists, fossils of a herd of 11 dinosaurs have been found for the first time in Italy. This treasure trove also includes the biggest and most complete skeleton of a dinosaur ever found in the nation.

In a first, fossils of a herd of 11 dinosaurs found in Italy

Researchers have been making remarkable discoveries and adding to the list is the unearthing of a dog-sized sea scorpion. Scientists from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology have recently unearthed the fossil remains of a sea scorpion which is a meter long and is believed to have existed in China.

Dog-sized sea scorpions ruled Chinese sea floors 400 million years ago: Study

Findings from new research on a vast fossil site in Patagonia suggest that some of the earliest dinosaurs lived in herds and that this behaviour may have been central to the dinosaurs' success.

Were Dinosaurs a social species? Newly discovered fossils suggests they lived in herds

Big John the Triceratops skeleton is set to be auctioned at the Drouot auction house in Paris at the end of October. Discovered in 2015 in South Dakota, it is estimated to be more than 66 millions years old and is the largest Triceratops discovered to this date.

66 million year old Triceratops skeleton to be auctioned

Scientists have unearthed in Argentina's Patagonian wilderness fossils of what may be the oldest-known member of the dinosaur group known as Titanosaurs that includes the largest land animals in Earth's history.

Fossils of Titanosaur, oldest member of dinosaur group, unearthed in Argentina

Enormous megatooth sharks, or megalodons, gave birth to babies larger than most adult humans, researchers have said. Formally known as Otodus megalodon, these sharks patrolled the world’s oceans more than three million years ago.

Newborn megalodons were larger than humans, researchers say

Fossils of a mastodon, a giant prehistoric relative of today's elephants, have been discovered at an artisanal gold mine in central Colombia in a find which researchers say could herald a trove of similar specimens.

Colombian miners strike fossilized gold: a mastodon

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