On an expedition in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia, two anthropologists uncovered the bones of a 3.2 million-year-old human ...

An enigmatic group of fossil organisms has finally been identified—and is changing the story of how plants took root on land ...

Buried beneath layers of volcanic ash for over half a billion years, a set of newly unearthed trilobite fossils from Morocco ...

His fossils, collected over a decade at a Jurassic site in New South Wales, have revealed a new species of non-biting midge.

An unusual type of fossilized fish can be found within the limestone of present-day Germany. The Late Jurassic era conditions ...

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science has sent researchers everywhere from North Dakota to Antarctica in search of fossils to study and display. It turns out they could have stayed home. The museum ...

There are several steps that go into a researcher finding a fossil. First, you have to figure out what kind of fossil you want to find. You need to know the age of the rock you’re looking for, who ...

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

Ever since the first fossil was pulled from the sandstone formation at Hell Creek, Montana, at the turn of the last century, the Tyrannosaurus Rex has reigned supreme as the ultimate apex predator. In ...

Negotiators at the UN climate talks are finalizing a deal lacking a fossil fuel phase-out plan. Brazilian leaders propose a ...