The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds.
Scientists in Argentina discovered the oldest known long-necked dinosaur, Huayracursor jaguensis, revealing a much earlier ...
Unearthed in 2022 at the Sima del Elefante site in the Atapuerca Mountains, the fossil belongs to Homo erectus or a close ...
Fossils paleontologists initially thought belonged to a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex actually belong to a new species of ...
Learn how the fossils of ancient organisms help scientists navigate deep time — and uncover Earth’s hidden history.
Ancient fossils unearthed in Morocco reveal parasitic worms burrowing into mollusc shells approximately 480 million years ago ...
A fossil once believed to belong to the ancient creature Dickinsonia has been debunked. Initially thought to date back around ...
Researchers from the Natural History Museum and Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University (SLCU) have identified a new ...
A discovery deep in the rocky terrain of West Texas is changing what scientists know about dinosaurs that once roamed this region. Dr. Jason W. Ricketts, a geology professor at UTEP, uncovered fossils ...
An extinct snake has slithered its way out of obscurity over four decades after its discovery. The newly described species of ...