A unique salamander-like animal with a twisted jaw has made experts rethink what happened after the Carboniferous Rainforest ...

A baby dinosaur fossil hidden inside solid rock for nearly 100 million years is now rewriting South Korea’s fossil record.

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

Scientists have long believed that a universal genetic code serves as a blueprint for all life on Earth, dictating the structure and function of organisms from the simplest bacteria to complex humans.

A Ceratosaurus fossil, one of only four of its kind in existence, has sold for a staggering $30.5 million at auction. This exceptional specimen, described as “one of the finest and most complete ...

The Catholic bishops' conferences of Africa, Asia and Latin America called for the world's governments to "adopt a treaty to ...

Scientists discovered a 13-foot python in Taiwan from a single fossil vertebra, revealing a lost apex predator.

It stands to reason that a 95 million-year-old tooth shipped to my home would have a rich past. But what ensued after I bought it online for about $100 revealed how, for such relics and those who ...

Those who know a lot about fossils are likely already familiar with the Mazon Creek fossil just outside Chicago. Those who don't know a lot about fossils and the Mazon Creek site? They soon will, ...

Lazarus Kgasi walks with ease across a gently rolling landscape about an hour's drive outside of Pretoria, South Africa. A few trees are sprinkled here and there but it's mostly grass. Kgasi, a tall ...

Everything about the discovery of a fossilized leatherback sea turtle in Alabama four years ago is fascinating. The findings of the never-before studied species were published in a study Friday, ...