Some 400 million years ago, long before dinosaurs or even trees had evolved, an enigmatic organism towered over the landscape like a prehistoric monolith.

Genetic research does not always produce tidy answers. Sometimes it reveals traces that raise more questions than they settle ...

Based on our understanding of how fossils are formed, the Ediacara Biota shouldn’t still be around for us to look at today.

A mass extinction occurred less than a billion years ago that eradicated most species from the face of Earth. A newly discovered fossil site in Hunan, South China, captured an ecosystem in recovery, ...

A recent review of over 312 studies has identified dozens of unique uses of roadkill in scientific research. The review, ...

Just over half a billion years ago, Earth was rocked by a global mass extinction event, a dramatic interruption of the ...

Seashells, the durable skeletons of marine animals, are abundant and long-lasting, offering scientists vital clues about ...

In northeastern Brazil, a fossil that had quietly sat in a museum for decades has now rewritten a small part of the history of life on Earth. Scientists discovered a new species of flying reptile ...

The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where ...

As a shark tooth and fossil hunting enthusiast, I often have people ask me why I find fossils so fascinating. To me, the ...

How Did These Strange, Ancient Organisms Turn into Such Remarkable Fossils? New Research in Geology reveals why the 570-million-year-old Ediacaran Biota were so exceptionally preserved. Boulder, Colo.

Dinosaur remains can preserve their original organic molecules—settling a 30-year-old scientific debate about whether such ...