The mesh-like fossil would push back the oldest known animal on Earth by more than 300 million years. But like many claims of very old life, the study is kicking up lively debate.

Bonn is also a moment to fill a serious gap. The COP28 commitment to transition away from fossil fuels has not yet been incorporated in the COP30 agenda.

Fossils in the Boquillas Formation at Big Bend National Park in Texas reveal new clues about the Cretaceous. A unique rock formation in Texas offers rare insight into ancient seas. ...

These ‘Dragon Prince’ Fossils Spent Decades in Museum Drawers. Now, They Could Rewrite the T. Rex Family Tree Two partial skeletons housed in a Mongolia museum were reexamined by researchers ...

The city of St. George and the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site held a joint press conference Thursday morning to "celebrate a great partnership" and talk fossils.

90-million-year-old pterosaur fossil with 11-foot wings found in Japan. Nipponopterus mifunensis, with a wingspan of 9.8 to 11.5 feet, reveals unique neck bone features linking it to giant flying ...

236-million-year-old Triassic fossil reveals earliest known butterfly, moth scales. The discovery has helped fill a 40-million-year gap in the evolutionary record of Lepidoptera, the period ...

Litoria tylerantiqua, a 55-million-year-old fossil, is Australia’s oldest known tree frog. It shifts the timeline for frog evolution and underscores the resilience of frogs across mass extinction ...

Balboa Park's Nat museum brings fossils back to life at new $5.1M Paleo Center Amazement in the Basement fossil exhibit opens Friday at the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park ...

In a 2023 study, Pearson and colleagues used foraminifera fossil data to predict the fate of the ocean’s twilight zone, a region roughly 650 feet to 3,250 feet below the surface.

Last week, the Australian government announced it had given preliminary approval for the country’s biggest fossil fuel project, the North West Shelf Project, to continue operations until 2070.

A world built on fossil fuels is loud. Here’s how advocates are defending peace and quiet. “It's really unbelievable, how much noise impacts so many people." ...