From butterflies to blue whales, corals and worms, Earth is home to an incredible diversity of animals. How all of these ...

Scientists utilized 3D X-ray imaging to uncover new details that challenged previous ideas about prehistoric marine life.

The “world’s oldest octopus” was actually a 300-million-year-old fossil impostor hiding its secret in tiny teeth.

The companies that drilled these cores were largely unaware that within these mudstones were fossils of microscopic organisms ...

Researchers in Canada discovered 567-million-year-old Ediacaran fossils that may contain the earliest evidence of sexual ...

Scientists in Ethiopia unearthed pieces of 2.65 million-year-old fossilized teeth belonging to two members of a newly discovered Homo species that could challenge previously accepted understandings of ...

New fossil discoveries in Canada's Mackenzie Mountains, dating back 567 million years, offer fresh insights into early animal ...

Research findings are available online in the journal PLOS One. The original story “ 250-million-year-old fossil proves that mammal ancestors laid eggs ” is published in The Brighter Side of News.

Those who know a lot about fossils are likely already familiar with the Mazon Creek fossil just outside Chicago. Those who don't know a lot about fossils and the Mazon Creek site? They soon will, ...