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

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

While exploring ancient seabeds in Morocco, scientists discovered strange wrinkle-like textures in deep-water sediments that shouldn’t have been there. These structures are usually made by ...

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 ...

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 ...

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...