When considering mass extinctions, people often think of the asteroid strike that wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs. But life ...

How did soft-bodied organisms remain intact for millions of years?

Learn how tiny fossils from Spain led to the discovery of Foskeia and a new chapter in dinosaur evolution.

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

Construction crews have helped excavate the first fossils in Dinosaur National Monument in more than 100 years. The bones, ...

A recent paper in Nature details what scientists found at the Huayuan biota: Here we report the Huayuan biota — a lower ...

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

A 3.4M-year-old set of foot bones from Ethiopia is forcing paleoanthropologists to redraw one of the most familiar diagrams ...

Blood tests are useful tools for doctors and scientific researchers: they can reveal a lot about a body’s health. Usually, a blood sample is taken to get a picture of the large molecules that are ...

A crew performing construction work at the Dinosaur National Monument recently got an unexpected glimpse into prehistory – ...

Construction workers made an incredible discovery at Dinosaur National Monument when parking lot work unearthed fossils ...

Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes. Remarkably preserved fossil specimens show they could see ...