A Chicago fossil of Archaeopteryx uncovers unknown features, supporting theories of bird evolution from dinosaurs and highlighting its unique flight adaptations.

Scientists were finally given access to a remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil that’s allowed them to better understand exactly ...

A groundbreaking discovery has just been made in the American West—scientists have unearthed a brand-new dinosaur species previously unknown to science. The rare fossil find is now sending shockwaves ...

Around 99 million years ago, some insects got trapped in tree sap that later fossilized to form what we call amber. Sounds ...

Paleontologists studying insects trapped in amber from 99 million years ago have made a remarkable discovery: an ant and a ...

A herd of hadrosaurs. A tiny Cretaceous mammal. The tooth of a predator. An “exceptional” fossil site in South America is giving scientists a new window into the end of the dinosaur age.

A rare American lion fossil has been discovered near the Mississippi River. The tooth, pictured, has a fragment of the jawbone still attached. George Phillips/Mississippi Museum of Natural Science ...

A field crew studying fossil tracks near Lake Powell recently discovered an "extremely rare" set of prehistoric fossils along a stretch of the reservoir in Utah, officials announced on Friday.

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A unique fossil of a juvenile dinosaur, a Ceratosaurus, is coming to auction at Sotheby's New York, bearing a $6 million high ...

(CNN) — The world’s largest butterfly tree of life is helping researchers determine where the winged insects originated when they first appeared on Earth about 100 million years ago.

A rare, nearly complete skull of an ancient amphibian has been unearthed in North Central Texas. The discovery was made by ...