11-year-old discovers rare 475-million-year-old fossil in Tennessee
While enjoying an evening walk at Douglas Lake in East Tennessee, 11-year-old Ryleigh Taylor stumbled upon a magnificent...
Footprints from world’s largest dinosaur discovered in Scotland
Dozens of footprints from ancient sauropods, a kind of creature that scientists believe may have been the largest...
Scientists say mass extinction warning signs exist — and they can be observed today
Is Earth staring down a mass extinction? Recent research from an international team of scientists reveals warning...
Off-grid Fossil Discovery Exhibit camouflages into the Texan desert
Big Bend National Park isn’t just a place of stunning natural beauty—the Texan park is also paleontological...
Treasure trove of Triassic fossils found at Bears Ears
What may perhaps be the world's greatest cache of Triassic-era fossils was discovered by scientists at Utah's Bears...
Newly-discovered dinosaur species was as long as a school bus – and could help solve a mystery
Fossils in Africa from the Late Cretaceous time period - around 100 to 66 million years ago - are rare. Scientists...
Incredible fossil discovery rewrites the history of human migration out of Africa
Scientists have discovered the oldest known fossil of a modern human outside of Africa in Misliya Cave near Mount...
215 pterosaur eggs unearthed in biggest collection ever found
Scientists recently uncovered the largest group of fossilized pterosaur eggs ever. In a 10-foot-long sandstone...
Geologists discover fossils from 13 ancient tree species in Antarctica
It may be hard to believe, but forests once sprawled across Antarctica. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM)...
Ancient flying reptile was around the size of a small plane
Pterosaurs roamed the skies long ago as the first animals to evolve powered flight after insects - and in the Gobi...
Brand new “mega-carnivore” dinosaur discovered in Africa
Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains of what may have been the largest predator to ever hunt on the African...
Scientists just discovered a whole lot more about the once-hidden continent Zealandia
Scientists recently gathered more clues into the history of Earth's seventh continent, Zealandia. The mostly submerged...
This boy accidentally found a 1.2 million-year-old fossil by tripping over it
Sometimes, there are benefits to being clumsy - so discovered 9-year-old Jude Sparks on a recent hike in New Mexico's...
100-million-year-old dinosaur remains discovered in Canada look ‘weeks old’
A group of miners in Canada accidentally stumbled upon what is possibly the most intact dinosaur carcass science...
World’s oldest fossils discovered in Canada – and they’re 4 billion-years-old
Around four billion years ago, bacteria formed tiny tubes and filaments, likely in deep-sea hydrothermal vents....
Scientists discover 52-million-year-old tomatillo fossil
While not quite as charismatic as those of dinosaurs, vegetable fossils can provide game-changing insight into...
Scientist finds dinosaur tail trapped in amber – and it’s covered with feathers
Were dinosaurs the scaly, lizard-like monsters we know from movies and television - or were they really just misunderstood,...
First dinosaur brain tissue discovered in 130-million-year-old fossil
In 2004, Jamie Hiscocks found a strange fossil in Sussex, England. This wasn't your typical fossil - researchers...
Ancient marine fossils in the Transantarctic Mountains offer disturbing clues about climate change
Marine diatom fossils in the Transantarctic Mountains have long puzzled scientists. Researchers wondered how these...
Scientists discovered the world’s oldest fossils – and they date back 3.7 billion years
A new study shows evidence that life on Earth may have begun even earlier than previously thought. Researchers...
8-year-old’s fossil discovery reveals how turtles got their shells
If you ask most people to guess why turtles first developed shells, you'll usually get one answer: the hard shells...
New ‘Hobbit’ fossils provide a glimpse into human relative
With the discovery of a tooth here or a bone fragment there, archaeologists piece together the history of humanity...
Antarctic fossil hunters hit a 71-million-year-old jackpot
A recent expedition in Antarctica revealed some surprising secrets on the icy continent. Researchers discovered...
MIT researchers say Earth’s first animal was most likely a humble sea sponge
Of all the things scientists would like to know about the Earth, and there are many, identifying the first animal...
Woolly mammoth bones unearthed beneath Oregon football stadium
When working on an expansion project in the north end zone at Resser Stadium at Oregon State University, the last...
Nicholas Cage pledges to return dinosaur skull stolen from Mongolia
When actor Nicolas Cage bought a 70 million year old Tyrannosaurus bataar skull at auction for $276,000 in 2007,...
Scientists discover ancient 3-armed sea monster unlike any living species
If you were to travel back 550 million years ago, you would be forgiven for thinking that you'd accidentally arrived...
Newly discovered polar dinosaur in Alaska may have been warm-blooded
Were dinosaurs warm-blooded? Scientists just discovered a new species of the duck-billed hadrosaur that roamed...
Ancient human-sized fish breathed with lungs
The ancient ancestors of the human-sized coelacanth (see-leh-kanth) breathed with lungs, according to a new study....
The Fangshan Tangshan National Geopark celebrates the diversity of the Palaeozoic era
The designers of the geopark's public plaza needed to take into account the site's commercial interests while preserving...