Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than a half billion years ago, showing a deep-water ecosystem thriving in the aftermath of the ...

Researchers mapped the mammoth family tree by extracting dna from fossils. Also, scientists found some sessile animals living ...

The discovery takes us to Chicago, where a mysterious specimen arrived encased in rock at the Field Museum in 2022. It was ...

Using the fossil record and modern cold-blooded critters, paleontologist Kelsey Jenkins recreates the hearing capabilities of ...

You might have an idea of what a fossil looks like – but these fossils are slightly different (and will change the way you ...

In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.

A new study reports what might be the oldest fossil animals ever found. And we're also learning more about what role the hippocampus plays in certain types of visual memory. Hosted by: Hank Green ...

Scientists uncover 97-million-year-old magnetic fossils that may represent Earth’s earliest GPS, revealing how ancient ...

In the first of a new series, curator Dr Neil Adams shares the stories and science of the fossil mammal collection.

More than 60 years ago, Bruce Runnegar was visiting Petrie’s Quarry in Brisbane with school friends when he discovered a ...

If true, this would make The Prince fossil the oldest known example of a modern human killed by a wild animal, and possibly ...

New pieces have been added to the puzzle of the evolution of some of the oldest fish that lived on Earth more than 400 million years ago. In two separate studies, experts in Australia and China have ...