After years of analysis, the animal turned out to be an entirely new species — one that lived millions of years longer than ...

In a dry riverbed in Brazil, in a dense forest near the Amazon, a team of paleontologists found a fossilized jawbone from an ...

“Living fossil” is often misused, but chitons really haven’t changed much in about 300 million years.

Deep in the heart of Borneo’s tropical rainforests, a rare and mysterious living fossil lurks in the shadows: the earless ...

Researchers discovered that a 215-million-year-old reptile started life on four legs and switched to two as an adult.

In paleontology, lineages that drop out of the fossil record and then re-emerge after long periods are termed ‘Lazarus taxa.’ ...

Biologists identify a new species of "living fossil" chiton through cutting-edge mitochondrial genome sequencing.

With its uniquely twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth, the new species was a relic of an earlier and more experimental time in the evolution of life on Earth. Fossils discovered in Brazil show that ...

The Goblin shark has survived nearly unchanged since ancient oceans, earning its reputation as a true living fossil. This video walks through its discovery, its transparent skin that reveals blood ...

Scientists succeed in using bacteria and discarded bread to replace fossil fuels in an innovative sustainable industrial ...

Dominican amber preserves a 16-million-year-old ant queen, marking the first fossil evidence of Hypoponera in the Americas.

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