Scientists revisiting mysterious 540-million-year-old microfossils from Brazil have overturned a major idea about early ...

The nagatitan is the largest dinosaur found in South-East Asia and weighs as much as nine elephants.

More than 500 million years ago, during what is known as the Cambrian period, the seas and oceans on Earth were filled with a ...

Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered new information suggesting a potential connection between Homo ...

A rare fossil fish scan reveals brain features and adaptations tied to the transition from aquatic to land animals.

At this fossil park in Mississippi, visitors will be able to dig for fossils from 84 million-year-old animals that once lived in the state.

Enter the fossil gallery of a natural history museum, and you're likely to encounter spectacular skeletons of some of the most manifestly awesome creatures ever to have walked our planet: dinosaurs.

New species confirmed: Researchers identified Phascolarctos sulcomaxilliaris from WA fossils, distinct from modern koalas by skull shape and deep cheek grooves. Ancient extinction: Dating shows the ...

Find out more about Body Fossils and Trace Fossils. Fossils can be categorized in two basic types: body fossils and trace fossils. Body fossils help scientists learn what plants and animals looked ...