For decades, the fossils found in the Pilbara region of Western Australia were the subject of heated debate. Were they truly ...

Researchers have named an ancient fossil that was discovered at a park in Leicestershire.Charnia brasieri, which was found at Bradgate Park, would have lived on the ancient seafloor about 560 million ...

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

A dinosaur fossil discovery by a researcher from The University of Texas at El Paso may expand the known range of a species ...

A remarkably preserved spider fossil, Arthrolycosa wolterbeeki, dating over 310 million years old, was discovered in northern ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived long ago. But the oldest DNA obtained so far dates back ...

A computer simulation of what the trilobite fossil from A Cibdá de Armea may have looked like if it was fashioned into a pendant. Archaeologists say the ancient Romans may have worn the fossil as a ...

Researchers have uncovered dozens of long-misidentified coelacanth fossils in British museums, some overlooked for more than ...

Paleontologists have uncovered what they believe is the first-ever fossilized ‘butt-drag’ mark left by an animal.

Ancient fossils were stolen from Death Valley National Park recently, citing a need to curb vandalism and theft at national parks. Fossil footprints that scientists say are three to five million years ...

Scientists have found proof that a parasite still troubling oysters today was already up to its old tricks nearly half a ...