An 11-year-old fossil hunter helped scientists discover remains of a giant marine reptile that lived about 202 million years ago and may have been the largest sea reptile ever.

More than 20,000 sq km of coast has succumbed to Australia’s first bloom of toxic Karenia cristata algae – and scientists worry it could explode again ...

Ruby Reynolds unearthed the largest-known marine reptile fossil on England’s coast, unveiling the 82-foot Ichthyotitan ...

The UK west Dorset coast is well known for its fossils. The so-called ‘Jurassic Coast’ has yielded numerous specimens that ...

Limestone rocks found high on the mountain contain remains of marine organisms that once lived in the ancient Tethys Sea.

Mount Everest is known as the tallest mountain in the world. But scientists have made a surprising discovery there.

For the first time, the complete fossil of a 10-million-year-old beaked whale, considered the best preserved in the world, is on display.

Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two animals that were thought to have gone extinct thousands of years ago: a relative of Australia’s greater glider and a ...

These animals have different evolutionary adaptations that help them navigate, hunt for food and survive even in total darkness.

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

Trisha Graf, 41, disappeared on December 12 from the remote outback opal-mining town of Andamooka, 600km north of Adelaide , which has a population of just 250.