New research at the University of Leicester has transformed scientists' understanding of how spectacular fossils with delicate soft tissues form. While most fossils are permineralized "hard" tissues, ...

New research has transformed scientists' understanding of how spectacular fossils with delicate soft tissues form. New research at the University of Leicester has transformed scientists' understanding ...

A strange set of ancient fossils is forcing scientists to rethink one of paleontology’s most stubborn assumptions: that mysterious 400-million-year-old organisms can always be placed somewhere on the ...

Colombian researcher María Camila Vallejo-Pareja with a frog from Wyoming seen in the field looking for microvertebrate fossils. Colombian researcher María Camila Vallejo-Pareja is using fossil frogs ...

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization.Related video above: Human skeletons and other treasures found in the ancient city ...

Fossils in China reveal early life that predates animals and show that ancient ecosystems were more complex than previously ...