In search of a new adventure, Craig Munns went back to school. Now, at 65, he spends his days examining long-vanished life forms ...

If you thought that crocodiles were menacing enough, be glad that you didn’t live in Arizona some 225–201 million years ...

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

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 ...

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

BEIJING -- A China-led study has reported the discovery of amphibian track fossils in Middle Jurassic strata in Beijing, the first such record in Asia. The research has been published online in the ...

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

At the dawn of history, where God created the heavens and earth, a vapor canopy was above the whole earth which created a tropical climate. Let’s look at some evidence that supports this claim. Coral ...

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 newly-dated geological timescale will help scientists connect NZ’s deep past to present day hazards, climate change and ...

Fossil evidence from the High Arctic reveals that palm trees and subtropical plants once thrived in the polar region. This ...

When dinosaur fossils surface at a site, it is often not possible to tell how many millions of years ago their bones were buried. While the different strata of sedimentary rock represent periods of ...