Scientists in Argentina have uncovered the world’s oldest tadpole fossil, dating back 161 million years to the Jurassic ...

When it comes to the survival of animals living in the wild, the characteristics of the group can matter as much as the ...

Chromosphaera perkinsii is a single-celled species discovered in 2017 in marine sediments around Hawaii. The first signs of its presence on Earth have been dated at over a billion years, well before ...

The Psittacosaurus dinosaur fossils discovered in the Yixian Formation stood out for their remarkable state of preservation.

The 237-million-year-old remains are among the oldest silesaurid fossils ever found, adding to paleontologists' understanding ...

A new 450-million-year-old arthropod fossil, Lomankus edgecombei, has been uncovered in New York, revealing crucial ...

The tiny, two-toed fossil footprints made by an unidentified dinosaur species some 100 million years ago and preserved in a ...

The discoveries revolutionized paleontology, clarifying the evolution of feathered dinosaurs, and proving without a doubt that modern birds are descended from them. How did these fossils come to be so ...

Each of these ancient fossils, even if just a small part of a skeleton, represents an identifiable character in the story of humankind.

A creature that scuttled along the seafloor 450 million years ago has been preserved in a rare and striking fossil that ...

Chinese researchers studied adult and larval Loricera specimens trapped in the Cretaceous in three amber fossils unearthed ...

following Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. But that tiny beetle could be turning Darwin’s theory on its head. According ...