Paleontologist and Geologist Dr. Ken Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about fossils. Can we ...

Biomass reveals the real impact and energy flow of life in an ecosystem, like knowing not just the cast of a play, but who ...

This North Yorkshire seaside village between Whitby and Staithes has been crowned among the most beautiful in Britain - find out why.

Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

“The discovery team has done a very meticulous and commendable job describing these new fossils, and their naming of a new species, in my opinion, is valid,” Griffith University archaeologist ...

Learn how starfish got their shape after a complicated evolutionary process, starting with an ancestor that lived 500 million ...

A Miocene fish fossil with soft tissue and intact pigmentation has been discovered in New South Wales, revealing prehistoric ecology.

Traveler shares stark warning after she 'nearly DIES' from picking up sea shell on luxury beach An American woman shared the moment she picked up the deadly cone snail Cone snails are among the ...

[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday (Jun 17) that Shell has committed to increasing its investments in Malaysia by RM9 billion (S$2.7 billion) over the next two to ...

Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 million years ago. Ancient fossils recorded it all.

In a lesser-traveled corner of Big Bend National Park, scientists are uncovering one of the most detailed records of ancient marine life anywhere in the world.  The Boquillas Formation, a ...