Scientists have uncovered new clues about some of Earth’s earliest fish, shedding light on the ancient origins of vertebrates ...

Limestone rocks found high on the mountain contain remains of marine organisms that once lived in the ancient Tethys Sea.

If you thought that crocodiles were menacing enough, be glad that you didn’t live in Arizona some 225–201 million years ...

Scientists have confirmed that two marsupial species, known only from ancient fossils for more than 7,000 years, are still ...

Deep-sea fossils have long fascinated scientists, offering glimpses into the ancient past and revealing the mysteries of prehistoric life. Recent discoveries of shark fossils in deep-sea environments, ...

The new species, named after the electro funk band Chromeo, helps explain the larger story of why only one small group of dinosaurs survived the extinction. A fossil rarely reveals an animal’s entire ...

Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes. Remarkably preserved fossil specimens show they could see the world using four camera-type eyes, reshaping our understanding of how ...

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A microscopic magnetite fossil (left) discovered in sediment below the North Atlantic, seen using X-ray microscopy; the fossil?s ...

Did dinosaurs live in Alabama? Fossils, museum finds and the famous Selma dinosaur egg reveal the state’s prehistoric past.

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...