65 miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones contains many of the world’s best-preserved, most diverse fossils.

Discoveries from a well-preserved Archaeopteryx fossil reveal new insights into early bird evolution, showcasing unique features like specialized feathers and an immobile skull.

These living fossils provide invaluable glimpses into Earth’s distant past, having survived multiple mass extinctions and witnessing the rise and fall of countless species, including the dinosaurs.

These living fossils provide invaluable glimpses into Earth’s distant past, having survived multiple mass extinctions and witnessing the rise and fall of countless species, including the dinosaurs.

The fossil, named Shishania aculeata, hails from 500-million-year-old Cambrian deposits in Yunnan Province, southern China, a region world-renowned for its remarkably preserved snapshots of ...

Fossil-fuel-induced climate change and pollution are also accelerating extinction risk. Up to one-third of animals and plants could be lost forever in the next 50 years if fossil fuels go unchecked.

These “living fossils” have witnessed the notable rise and fall of civilizations, ... Triops, or tadpole shrimp, are tiny creatures that have been around for about 300 million years.

RIP, me. I’ve popped my clogs and fallen in a lake. All very sad for friends and family, but finally, a lifelong dream is about to be realized: I’m on my way to becoming a fossil. So, how long ...

They were Triops – sometimes called ‘dinosaur shrimp’ or living fossils, because they show few differences from specimens found in rocks dating back as far as the Cambrian period, almost 500 million ...

Opening March 29, the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum teaches how our world continues to evolve. USA TODAY has an exclusive sneak peek. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap ...

He argues that “cross-polarized light microscopy images of fossil bones, collected for a century, should be revisited.” Related Story Fossilized Finds Buried Under L.A. High School ...

Remarkably, fossil shark teeth are also incredibly abundant. Sharks ruled the earth’s oceans for 400 million years, and every individual grows and sheds thousands of teeth in their lifetime.