The untold story behind Mike and Heather Trask's fossil discovery and 'the incredible importance of curiosity.' ...

In late autumn 1988, Richard Hebda — then head of botany at the Royal BC Museum — stepped into the living room of a man named ...

A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a completely unknown form of multicellular life, according to a new study.

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

These are dinosaur trees — living fossils that have survived for over 200 million years. Once believed extinct, fewer than 150 were found clinging to life in a hidden Australian gorge, making them one ...

The Painted Hills, one of three park units that make up John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, are home to some of the ...

A rare encounter with a bizarre, prehistoric-looking insect raises the question—how has this ancient creature survived into ...

Giant 550 pound kangaroos could still hop scientists prove by studying fossil bones and calculating forces on ancient tendons ...

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

One of Earth’s first birds had modern bird-like mouth features that evolved to handle food efficiently and meet the energy ...

Deep in the leaf litter of Hispaniola lives a creature that defies modern evolutionary logic. The Hispaniolan solenodon ...