Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

A few things on this planet are old enough to make history books look recent, and that includes some living trees that have ...

Buried for 209 million years, a tiny flying reptile and its ancient neighbors just emerged from Arizona’s Triassic past.

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...

If you’re at a loss for things to do in Boston in a city that's rich with history, culture, and sports, you’re probably ...

Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived ...

A scientist who found the oldest water ever discovered on Earth decided the best course of action was, of course, to drink it ...

Researchers were able to date the fossil of the flying reptile, a close cousin of dinosaurs, back to more than 209 million ...

A cache of Triassic fossils in Arizona has revealed Eotephradactylus mcintireae, or "ash-winged dawn goddess," the oldest ...