A pair of fossilized, eel-like fish found just south of Glasgow has provided what scientists are calling the earliest known ...

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our planet's history.

Long before humans evolved, a small eel shaped creature swimming in ancient seas carried eyes that look strikingly familiar.

A team of scientists from the University of Manchester have uncovered some of the earliest evidence of advanced, camera-like ...

New fossil evidence from China suggests that some of our vertebrate ancestors had four eyes. The study, published in Nature, ...

A new species of ancient "sword dragon" marine reptile has been discovered in a set of fossils found in England, according to researchers. Named Xiphodracon goldencapsis, the new species is an ...

A skeleton discovered on Dorset’s Jurassic coast has been identified as a new species of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the oceans. The dolphin-sized ichthyosaur, called Xiphodracon ...