A team of international scientists has discovered new fossils at a field site in Africa that indicate Australopithecus, and the oldest specimens of Homo, coexisted at the same place in Africa at the ...

Advanced CT imaging of rare Devonian lungfish fossils in Australia and China is revealing unexpected anatomical details.

Scientists have recently discovered the fossil of a giant insect, providing a fascinating glimpse into a prehistoric world where such creatures roamed the Earth. This remarkable find offers new ...

Fossils are invaluable archives of the past. They preserve details about living things from a few thousand to hundreds of millions of years ago. Studying fossils can help us understand the evolution ...

TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — A group of Arizona State University scientists was among a team that uncovered a new species of fossils, shedding more light on human evolution. “This new research shows that ...

Up to 50 percent of species—which included 12 bird species and 4 frog species—on Aotearoa’s North Island went extinct before ...

A full-scale Deinosuchus schwimmeri skeleton brings decades of paleontological research into a single, scientifically precise exhibit. Dr. David Schwimmer, a geology professor at Columbus State Univer ...

A towering replica of Deinosuchus schwimmeri now greets museum visitors, revealing how decades of fossil research are ...

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.

A 125-million-year-old fossil reveals a newly discovered dinosaur covered in unusual spikes scientists have never seen before.

It's known as the "Dueling Dinosaurs" fossil: A triceratops and a tyrannosaur, skeletons entangled, locked in apparent combat right up until the moment of their mutual demise. Even in the Hell Creek ...

Scientists believe they’ve deduced why prehistoric Ediacara Biota fossils have remained preserved for millions of years. The fossils of these soft-bodied creatures from before the Cambrian Explosion ...