A fossil skull barely 1 inch long has proved to be a newborn reptile from Brazil’s Late Triassic, a period more than 230 million years ago when early reptiles dominated land ecosystems. Its tiny jaw ...

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.

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

Professor Loren E. Babcock examines the key processes of fossilization in paleontology, highlighting the critical role of ...

Scientists used a particle accelerator to reconstruct the 3.7-million-year-old face of Little Foot, one of the most complete ...

Learn how Permian-era fossils from Brazil led researchers to a tetrapod with a twisted jaw from a lineage once thought ...

Fossilized dinosaur eggshells may hold the key to determining when surrounding rocks and fossils were buried. A study ...

Scientists discovered a bizarre 275-million-year-old aquatic animal with sideways teeth and a twisted jaw in Brazil, revealing a rare “living fossil” lineage from the Permian period.

This new series of photographs captures the vastness of Earth in ancient rock formations, natural weathering, tiny crystals, coastlines and gems of amber. But it’s also about the traces of family ...

Long ago, when Romans wanted to build a new temple, they would head to the nearby quarries of Tivoli, chisel out blocks of porous rock called lapis tiburtinus – now known as ...