In the quiet layers of rock, footprints, bones, and leaves tell a story of worlds lost, and of our own uncertain future. Every year, National Fossil Day invites us to pause and think about the ...

(CNN) — Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Analysis of the well-preserved fossils of the hatchlings, found in the lagoonal deposits that make up the Solnhofen Limestones of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fossil of the Cambrian Period marine arthropod Fuxianhuiid, with gut preserved, discovered in Hunan province in southern China ...

Long before modern great whites prowled the seas, a colossal shark cruised the warm shallows off northern Australia. Its story begins on a rocky shoreline near Darwin, where a few heavy disks of ...

Capital Region gem, mineral, and fossil collectors have the opportunity to add some new pieces to their collections in April.

An Archaeopteryx fossil with soft tissue reveals flight features and offers fresh support for Darwin’s theory of evolution.

PUTNEY — The Putney Public Library will host Dinosaur Footprint Fossil Show & Tell with Willis McCumber on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 6:30 p.m. McCumber, a geology enthusiast, will present a show and tell ...

The study found that anacondas reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago and have remained giants ever since. (Andres Alfonso-Rojas via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Anacondas have been giants of the ...

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than a half billion years ago, showing a deep-water ecosystem thriving in the ...