A stunning fossil discovery in the Grand Canyon has opened a new window into one of the most fascinating chapters in Earth’s ...

In the quiet layers of rock, footprints, bones, and leaves tell a story of worlds lost, and of our own uncertain future. The ...

A stunning new fossil find from the Grand Canyon fills in some blanks from a time when evolution began experimenting with weird new forms. Frustratingly, fossils from later in the Cambrian period are ...

A 242-million-year-old fossil from Devon reveals unexpected skull and tooth features in one of the earliest lepidosaurs. A ...

Researchers in Alberta uncovered a fossil fish that rewrites the evolutionary history of otophysans, which today dominate ...

The $148,000 award supports collaborative research and community outreach on Pennsylvania’s Devonian fossil record.

A University of Michigan researcher has discovered an early innovation in the way fish eat. A scientist from the University ...

A fingertip-sized fossil uncovered in Montana revealed a tiny crocodile species. This unexpected find reshaped croc evolution ...

A rare ancient sword dragon sea reptile fossil found in the UK reveals key details about Early marine life and ichthyosaur ...

Little is known about the early history of lizards, snakes and their kin. New fossil discoveries reveal a complex ...

Learn more about Xiphodracon goldencapensis, a long-snouted, sharp-toothed marine reptile that may serve as the missing link ...

Some paleontologists are dismissing the fossil’s close connection to humans. What many media are ignoring, save the Associated Press, is that other paleontologists are skeptical of Ida’s close link to ...