Sea fossils found on some of the world's tallest mountains are reigniting fierce debate over whether the biblical story of Noah's Great Flood could be rooted in real events.

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 ...

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

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

Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park represents a side of Washington that many residents never see, despite driving past it regularly on their way to somewhere else. It’s a reminder to slow down, take ...

You’ve probably followed the Mars rover missions on and off for years, watching those red-dust landscapes scroll across your TV screen and wondering: Could something have lived there once? Now, after ...

Tiny, tooth-sized fossils have just reshaped the story of our deepest ancestry. Paleontologists have discovered the southernmost remains ever found of Purgatorius—the earliest-known relative of all ...

Explore ancient dinosaur tracks at Red Fleet State Park, Utah, where footprints from the Early Jurassic period offer a ...

Want to get close to life millions of years ago? It's easier than you think. Here are 15 amazing fossils you could find ...

A new fossil discovery suggests that Earth's first mass extinction may have been far more sudden and severe than previously ...

Ancient sea organisms survived until a sudden extinction 550 million years ago, revealing what may be the first major mass ...

In the search for more, new and cleaner sources of energy, a largely untapped resource is emerging: natural hydrogen.