Scientists at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science discovered a 67 million-year-old dinosaur fossil hidden under their ...

Two small, oval fossils thought to be prehistoric plants are actually the remains of baby marine turtles, researchers have revealed. The fossils, found in rocks dating to between 132 and 113 million ...

Two fossilized specimens, each less than 2.5 inches in length, were originally thought to be plants. Now, scientists say they are preserved hatchling turtles. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology ...

Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying ...

The fossils came from a site in Chubut, Argentina called Laguna del Hunco, where the researchers have collected fossils for decades. Dating of volcanic rocks at this site places the fossils at 52 ...

Leaf and other plant fossils preserved in the roughly 58-million-year-old rock of the Cerrejón Formation revealed a landscape filled with palms, legumes and other plants often seen in rainforests ...

Since finding that first fossil, the jaw of a Sarcopterygiian, or lobe-finned fish, in the spring of 2002, Elick has removed four plant and animal fossils from Wyalusing Rocks in northeastern ...

Plant fossils found in the abdomen of a sauropod support the long-standing hypothesis that these dinosaurs were herbivores, finds a study publishing June 9 in the Cell Press journal Current Biology.

Ancient fossil beans about the size of modern limes, and among the largest seeds in the fossil record, may provide new insight into the evolution of today's diverse Southeast Asian and Australian ...

In relative dating, scientists compare fossils with other objects, such as rocks, found at a particular site. Using these methods, scientists have found that dinosaurs roamed the Earth from about ...