The fossil, one of five similar specimens described ... but here the fool’s gold locked them into stone.” The species, which belongs to an extinct group called megacheira, was named after ...

Navaornis is likened to a sort of Rosetta Stone for decyphering the evolution of bird brains.

A bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals the roots of avian intelligence, according to a new study. The “one of a kind” ...

A rare Triassic fossil unearthed in Brazil, Gondwanax paraisensis, could provide new insights into the origins of dinosaurs.

A fossil of a tadpole from Argentina is 161 million years old - and isn't that different from some modern species ...

after a century of it being "locked inside a block of stone". Researchers used powerful X-ray scans to examine the fossil, found a century ago in Scotland. Their study produced the first full ...

India, renowned for its rich history and cultural diversity, is also home to an impressive geological heritage preserved in its fossil parks, which serve as nat ...

Two big fossil teeth found at the site belong to an extinct human cousin, known as Paranthropus. Scientists had previously thought that Oldowan tools, a kind of simple stone implement, were only ...

Things like footprints, burrows, eggs and even poo (called coprolite) can be fossilised too. A fossil is the preserved remains or traces of a dead organism. The process by which a fossil is formed ...

LANSING — When it comes to fossils, Michigan missed out on Tyrannosaurus rex and its associates, but the Mitten State came ...

The Petoskey stone is Michigan's stone and the mastodon, named Michigan's state fossil in 2002, is close to becoming the National Fossil of the United States of America. The National Fossil Act ...