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

Biologists identify a new species of "living fossil" chiton through cutting-edge mitochondrial genome sequencing.

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

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

According to The Geology Society, Everest’s summit is formed on the floor of the Tethys Ocean. Around 225 million years ago, the Indian plate sat far south of Asia, separated by this broad ocean basin ...

An astonishing discovery has been made atop the world’s highest peak. Fossils of marine life have been uncovered at over 8,000 meters above sea level on Mount Everest. These ancient remnants date back ...

Archaeologists in northern Spain have uncovered a remarkable artifact that bridges 450 million years of history: a trilobite fossil deliberately modified and used as an amulet during the Roman Empire.

I was strolling down Main Street, minding my own business, when I spotted a shop that stopped me cold, polished agates gleaming in the window like they were up to something. Little did I know, this ...

SAN ANTONIO — An international research team at UT San Antonio has made a discovery straight out of a science museum exhibit. Traces of chitin, the same material found in modern crab shells and insect ...

Trending today: an interesting study of how people have collected trilobite fossils dating back to ancient times – proving that humans have always loved collecting cool-looking tchotchkes, then and ...

One of the planet’s most successful arthropods, trilobites, abounded in the oceans from about 520 million to 250 million years ago. Trilobite exoskeletons are found on all seven continents and are a ...