For more than a century, fossils meant bones, shells and the occasional imprint of a leaf. Now, a wave of research is showing ...

A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

Our Earth’s atmosphere was not always the safe haven it is today. New research, informed by ancient ocean fossils, provides a glimpse into a time when our planet’s atmosphere was inhospitable and ...

Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” ...

The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

What can fossil records teach scientists about ancient ecosystems and marine environments? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences hopes to address ...

A research team led by scientists at Kumamoto University has discovered a new genus of microscopic crustaceans from northern ...

Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place ...

Museum fossils in England reveal 200-million-year-old coelacanths, fish that swam alongside the first dinosaurs ...

When the remains of prehistoric creatures were discovered in Europe and the United States, it opened up a vociferous debate on the nature of time and the purpose of science. A lithograph illustrating ...