It started as a quiet stroll along a Florida beach and quickly turned into a heart-pounding moment when a young woman spotted ...

A 247-million-year-old fossil reptile boasted an enormous crest on its back made from feather-like appendages, long before the appearance of feathered dinosaurs ...

In two new studies, researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, have shed ...

In the hills of southwestern China, near the ancient shoreline of Fuxian Lake, a major archaeological discovery has reshaped ...

In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.

Scientists Learn How a 500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Shaped Like a Taco Ate An ancient shrimplike creature is helping scientists understand how mandibles became so common among animals.

Although she studies all kinds of mammalian fossils, her study of fossilized teeth in particular has offered a unique glimpse into the history of life on our planet. She's discovered new species and ...

Back in 1980, a mastodon tooth and jawbone were discovered on Jefferson Island after a drilling rig accident led to a shoreline upheaval, revealing the site of long-buried fossils.

Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan.

Its unique shape, with broad swimming flaps and a slender abdomen, earned it the nickname “sea-moth” from the researchers—hence the name Mosura, a nod to the Japanese kaiju Mothra.

It also most likely had to dart away from larger contemporaries like the two-foot-long Anomalocaris or the spaceship-shaped Titanokorys.