Researchers studied six pieces of amber containing fossilized ants with other insects nearby revealing an ecosystem in the ...

Paleontologists have uncovered the fossil of a new scorpion species, Jeholia longchengi, in China’s famous Yixian Formation. Dating back about 125 million years to the Early Cretaceous period, this ...

Scientists have discovered a rare, 520-million-year-old fossil with a highly unusual detail: its internal organs are preserved. The findings were published in Nature, a peer-reviewed scientific ...

Recently-revealed notebooks belonging to a late paleontologist contain the missing information needed to help researchers finish their study of a remarkable fossil discovered nearly three decades ago.

518-million-year-old fossil reveals vertebrates once had four eyes and extra organs that later shaped evolution.

A 21-million-year-old fossil found along Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula has been recovered in what has been described as one of the largest and most complicated excavations in the state's history.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History says it will display a rare and “remarkable” dinosaur skull that was unearthed in South Dakota. The well-preserved Pachycephalosaurus skull was ...

Marine fossils discovered near the summit of Mount Everest reveal that the world’s highest mountain was once part of an ancient ocean floor before tectonic collisions lifted the Himalayas.

The remnants of the ancient vertebrae — believed to be one of the largest whale fossils ever found in Australia — was recovered from under about 1.5 feet of sand on Thursday.

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China, scientists revealed Wednesday. The treasure trove of ...