Discovered in Australia, the fossils represent a new species that lived during the Miocene epoch and highlight how iron-rich ...

A 30,000-year-old vulture feather from Central Italy was preserved down to the microscopic level by volcanic rock.

A 30,000-year-old vulture feather represents a "two-for-the-price-of one" discovery: the fossil itself, and the first ...

Recent research by scientists at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), Texas Tech University, and several other ...

Paleontologists have unveiled a 30,000-year-old vulture fossil in Italy, preserved in volcanic ash, showcasing microscopic ...

Between 18,000 and 11,000 years ago, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere suddenly shot up. This caused rapid ...

An unusually well-preserved Australian fossil reveals details about the diet, behavior, and appearance of a ...

Researchers in Australia have found ancient fossil fish that have been preserved in exquisite detail. Scientists in Australia ...

An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can ...

Fossilized soft tissue is exceptionally rare in plesiosaur fossils. The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species. The ...

If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...

Only a small fraction of the primates that have ever lived has been preserved as fossils. After death, most primate bodies are eventually dismantled and devoured by predators, scavengers ...