New fossil evidence from China suggests that some of our vertebrate ancestors had four eyes. The study, published in Nature, ...

A crew performing construction work at the Dinosaur National Monument recently got an unexpected glimpse into prehistory – ...

Over 150 years ago, a fossilized organism known as Prototaxites emerged as an enigma regarding what early land life may have ...

Paleontologists are being forced to compete with rich collectors for access to dinosaur skeletons. When it comes to T. rexes in particular, the outcome is predictable, and science is suffering, a new ...

A new study by the University of Minnesota challenges previous classifications paleontologists use to determine how the ...

Scientists in Scotland uncover a new form of life from 410 million years ago, challenging long-held beliefs about early Earth ...

Pioneering techniques used in this research may soon be applied to other dinosaur fossils and alter the course of ...

It underscores the importance of comprehensive fossil preservation, ensuring our scientific successors have the tools needed to make breakthroughs in cancer research. In the end, the key to unlocking ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences confirms that fossilized remains of marine invertebrates can accurately reflect the functional diversity of past ecosystems ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – One thing that northwestern New Mexico is known for is lots of dinosaur fossils. Previously, paleontologists estimated that the fossils in the Birsti Badlands were 70 million years ...

Giant mystery fossil reveals secrets of whole new form of life that no longer exists - Prototaxites belonged to an ‘entirely extinct evolutionary branch of life‘ ...