The fossils reveal the island's Ice Age history, with pristine specimens of now-extinct species. Hurricane Dorian nearly ...

Cave-ins and floods may have buried the Cretaceous creatures of the fossil Jehol Biota rather than volcanic eruptions, a new study claims.

About 3.2 million years ago, among the prehistoric forests of what is now Ethiopia, a small human was folded into the fossil ...

A new fossil may revolutionize our understanding of bird brain evolution, shedding light on how the intelligence of modern ...

Two hundred and thirty million years ago, in what's now Wyoming, the seasons were dramatic. Torrential rain would pelt the ...

The Grand Canyon reveals new insights into Earth's Cambrian Explosion and rapid marine biodiversity evolution.

An exceptionally preserved fossil fills in an enormous gap in the evolution of pterosaurs, the largest animals capable of ...

A newly identified fossil bird, Navaornis hestiae, from the Mesozoic Era has provided crucial information about the evolutionary development of bird brains, connecting ancient species like ...

A Late Cretaceous dinosaur specimen unearthed almost four decades ago in East China's Jiangxi province has recently been ...

A search for dinosaur fossils unintentionally shifted into a discovery of the oldest tadpole ever discovered when a team ...

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

That has now changed thanks to a spectacular fossil discovery in Brazil. Researchers unearthed the skull of a previously ...