A mosasaur leaps from the water to snatch prey in this artist’s depiction. A Rutgers-led study suggests differences in the ...

Insects belong to a broader group of six-legged animals called hexapods. This group also includes other less well-known, ...

A tiny lizard tail fragment preserved in Burmese amber provides the first direct physical proof that ancient reptiles voluntarily shed their tails as a defense mechanism ...

A group of sea animals that first appeared more than 500 million years ago may share a wormlike ancestor with two other ...

Discover Florida's best places to hunt for fossils, shark teeth, seashells, and natural treasures, from hidden beaches to the ...

Join Dr. Gussie Maccracken for a look at new discoveries in Colorado’s fossilized flora. See how plant fossils reveal the ancient forests that once covered the state and hear about research she is ...

The highest point in Texas is coverd in marine fossils, because it's actually just an ancient underwater reef.

The siblings made their latest finds Oct. 9 in the Killdeer area. They thought one of the fossils dated back roughly 70 ...

Fossils of a new species of sperm whale found in Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, in 2011. Nearly the enti ...

Las Vegas is known for nightlife, but a nearby desert attraction offers a different daytime outing, with Ice Age history, ...

A leaf that dropped from a tree around 50 million years ago could be waiting inside a rock you split open yourself. That’s ...

Fossilization is a process that is so improbable that the chances of any individual creature being preserved is almost ...