A new study has revealed that a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil featured both smooth and scaly skin. The specimen, ...

A newly described Patagonian fossil reveals the evolutionary origins and global spread of the tiny alvarezsaur dinosaurs.

Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with backbones.

Learn what amber fossils can teach us about ancient ecosystems and prehistoric insects.

Learn how advanced scanning and 3D reconstruction revealed the face of the Little Foot fossil and new insights into Australopithecus and early human evolution in Africa.

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.

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences confirms that fossilized remains of marine invertebrates can accurately reflect the functional diversity of past ecosystems ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – One thing that northwestern New Mexico is known for is lots of dinosaur fossils. Previously, paleontologists estimated that the fossils in the Birsti Badlands were 70 million years ...

A study published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology describes the smallest rhynchosaur fossil ever recorded from the ...