Collagen from a fossilized bone fragment can identify the animal it came from. And, some new info about our galaxy’s eventual ...

Currently, the law that protects endangered species, the Endangered Species Act (ESA), makes it clear that destroying habitat ...

Tiny wing scales trapped in fossilized dung suggest butterflies evolved long before flowers appeared.

The "Big Five" mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon have long attracted significant attention from the geoscience ...

Scientists are using fossils to help uncover how ancient life survived mass extinction, offering insights for modern ...

“Fossils deposited in hot, dry and arid places, such as large parts of Australia, lose their collagen very early…. The major ...

From mastodons to ancient rhinos and giant deer, large herbivores have been shaping Earth's landscapes for millions of years.

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

Due to their size and abundance, these creatures shaped the ecosystems in which they lived – but today all are nearly gone ...

Researchers from the University of Chicago, the Smithsonian Institution and London’s Natural History Museum analysed fossil ...

Streets once filled with children's laughter have fallen silent on a Panamanian island where almost all residents left a year ...

Around 66 million years ago, a six-mile-wide asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of three-quarters of all living ...