For the more than 242 million years that lizards and snakes appear in the fossil record, they show up mostly as pieces of ...

When the remains of prehistoric creatures were discovered in Europe and the United States, it opened up a vociferous debate ...

A tropical storm was brewing over a chain of islands on the edge of the vast Tethys Ocean - the ancient predecessor to the ...

Understanding the Earth’s previous mass extinctions may be the key to saving ourselves from the next one. Could we be on the verge of the sixth mass extinction? To better understand what’s to come for ...

Astronomers detected a black hole displaced nearly a kiloparsec from the center of a dwarf galaxy 230 million light-years ...

Large aquatic lizards used to populate the planet's oceans–and you can find their fossils in suburban New Jersey.

A fossil from the blustery plains of Patagonia is revising your book on one of the most elusive bands of hunting dinosaurs.

Recent discoveries and events in science include a fossil of a baby pterosaur caught in ancient tropical storms, wild ...

New research shows iron carbonate preserved biomolecules in 300-million-year-old faeces, offering rare insights into ...

SEMO students discovered a T. rex bone during a Montana fossil dig, gaining hands-on paleontology experience and bringing ...

Raleigh Parks and Recreation's 'All About Fossils' event educated attendees on fossil formation and significance in North Carolina.

Buried in Australia's so-called dead heart, a trove of exceptional fossils, including those of trapdoor spiders, giant cicadas, tiny fish and a feather from an ancient bird, reveal a unique snapshot ...