Researchers in Alberta uncovered a fossil fish that rewrites the evolutionary history of otophysans, which today dominate ...

DNA found in fossils from southwestern Germany suggests the populations survived in the region much longer than expected.

At 11 feet (3.4m) tall and nearly 27 feet (8.2m) long, Cooper’s pointy-backed herbivore – affectionately known as Apex – is ...

Step aside, carbon dating. Paleontologists date fossils based on the clues in the rocks surrounding them. When paleontologists dig up a fossil from the ground, how do they figure out the age of the ...

The fossil of a small reptile that inhabited Scotland during the age of dinosaurs 167 million years ago has scientists ...

A recent study dramatically pushes back the date for the emergence of our species, though some researchers call for further ...

The La Brea Tar Pits are a group of natural asphalt pools in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. In the middle of ...

Little is known about the early history of lizards, snakes and their kin. New fossil discoveries reveal a complex ...

From feathered dinosaurs to frozen mammoths, fossils keep upending science with discoveries that rewrite the history of life.

New fossil research shows how human impacts, particularly through the rise of agriculture and livestock, have disrupted ...