Sea fossils found on some of the world's tallest mountains are reigniting fierce debate over whether the biblical story of ...

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.

When the asteroid ended the age of non-avian dinosaurs, it cleared ecological space on a global scale. Small survivors ...

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

Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a meter-long bony fish with jaws ...

518-million-year-old fossil reveals vertebrates once had four eyes and extra organs that later shaped evolution.

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

Half a billion years ago, the first true eye emerged in Earth’s oceans. Fossils now reveal what that ancient crystal vision could actually see.

Greenhouse gas emissions have steadily declined since 2005, despite a growing population. But the state expects that to start climbing again.

Tiny fossil teeth from Colorado are revealing new clues about the very first relatives of primates, including humans.

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

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 ...