The name of a new species of fossil billfish honors a world-leading paleontologist who inspired generations of young ...

Ancient fossils unearthed in Morocco reveal parasitic worms burrowing into mollusc shells approximately 480 million years ago ...

An international team of geologists and paleontologists is pioneering a groundbreaking methodology to reliably determine the ...

A treasure trove of rare freshwater fossils has been described from Taiwan in a new study. Dating back to the Early ...

A fossil once believed to belong to the ancient creature Dickinsonia has been debunked. Initially thought to date back around ...

Learn how the fossils of ancient organisms help scientists navigate deep time — and uncover Earth’s hidden history.

A new look at the "Dueling Dinosaurs" fossil reveals that Tyrannosaurus rex was not the only tyrannosaur roaming the land.

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When you look at a fossil on display, you may envision the world 66 million years ago. You might feel the earth shake beneath ...

Two new studies suggest that, contrary to longstanding beliefs, dinosaurs were not on the decline before the Chicxulub asteroid impact.

A University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) researcher discovered a dinosaur fossil that may expand the known range of a species ...

Scientists found that specific lichen species act as natural indicators of exposed dinosaur fossils, creating signatures that ...