The fossil belongs to an ancient relative ... uncovered the fossil imprint at Tirap colliery in Assam’s Makum coalfields, amid blasting and rumbling machinery. The team used leaf anatomy ...

helping scientists understand what species existed in ancient times. A fossilised giant trapdoor spider was recently found in New South Wales, while in Los Angeles a megalodon shark fossil was ...

Coal balls are unlike any other assemblage within the fossil record because they give us cellular resolution, allowing us to analyze ancient life ... transformations. Leaf miner trails are often ...

For the first time, scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered ... and reveals a critical piece of the ancient history of Asia's rainforests, highlighting the urgent need for ...

However, since the sharks’ presence in the fossil record has mostly consisted of isolated teeth, scientists have been left to speculate on what the rest of this ancient predator looked like ...

"We show that these ancient sea reptiles lived in a shallow coastal environment teeming with marine creatures within what was then the southern polar circle," he said. He said the fossil has ...

uncovered behaviors and species previously undocumented in the monument's fossil record, including: “These tracks offer a rare window into ancient ecosystems,” Nicholas Famoso, the monument ...

The mosasaur was the apex predator of the seas when dinosaurs roamed land. Geologists working in Mississippi recently stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator.

The new fossil, found in Argentina, surpasses the previous ancient record holder by about 20 million years. Imprinted in a slab of sandstone are parts of the tadpole's skull and backbone ...