A group of fossils of elasmosaurs—some of the most famous in North America—have just been formally identified as belonging to ...

A polished piece of amber from Myanmar has revealed one of the most significant fossil discoveries in recent years– an ...

Two fossils of singing cicadas, one of which was remarkably well preserved, reveals that the insects dispersed in Europe ...

The odd-looking specimen with scythe-like jaws indicates that early ants were spread widely across the globe while dinosaurs ...

A budding palaeontologist has dug up fossils in his garden dating back 140 million years. Elliott, seven, moved into his new ...

A new study suggests two fossil trackways found in Australia were made by an early amniote, a group that today includes ...

A new Archaeopteryx fossil with soft tissue reveals flight features and offers fresh support for Darwin’s theory of evolution ...

Archaeopteryx is the fossil that proved Darwin right. It's the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds— ...

The park’s Interpretive Center is home to “the largest display of Orange County fossils in Orange County,” the center’s ...

Palaeontologist Sarah Gabbott explains what’s so unusual about her discovery, which she named as part of the process of ...

Fossilized footprints of a primitive reptile found on a slab of rock from Australia could rewrite the story of how animals ...

Most modern birds solved this issue by evolving shorter appendages to accompany their tertial feathers. But even though ...