“Living fossil” is often misused, but chitons really haven’t changed much in about 300 million years.

Tiny fossil teeth from Colorado are revealing new clues about the very first relatives of primates, including humans.

Marine fossils discovered near the summit of Mount Everest reveal that the world’s highest mountain was once part of an ancient ocean floor before tectonic collisions lifted the Himalayas.

Hello parents, teachers and students! If you’re looking for a fun way to explore how fossils are made, check out these gummy worms and bread fossils. Be sure to check out GMSA@9 on Wednesdays, when ...

“Ankle bones of Purgatorius exhibit features that indicate it lived in trees, so we initially thought its absence south of Montana could be related to the sweeping devastation of forests from the ...

Biologists identify a new species of "living fossil" chiton through cutting-edge mitochondrial genome sequencing.

Turns out Toby’s new trick is thousands of years old. A pair of recently discovered fossils from Africa has immortalized a small critter’s 126,000-year-old butt-dragging habit, according to ...

Little Foot, a 3.67 million-year-old human ancestor, is getting a digital facial reconstruction after her skull was crushed in a cave.

The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (MMNS) in Jackson hosted the 23rd Annual Fossil Road Show on Saturday. “People ...

The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where preservation shouldn’t be possible. Scientists now think their survival in ...