By about 175 million years ago, a group known as Pennaraptora had emerged - the closest known relatives of modern birds and ...

In a Caribbean cave, researchers discovered hundreds of fossils with bee nests within them. It is the first time this ...

A new study led by a researcher from the School of Zoology and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv ...

Sixty-five miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones movie breaks up the flat, monotone landscape. Consisting of shale, sandstone and rocks from an old coal ...

For the first time, scientists have analyzed metabolism-related molecules from the fossilized bones of animals that lived 1.3 ...

A rare 520-million-year-old fossil with its internal organs still intact has been found. The fossilized sample — a tiny larva ...

A small dinosaur discovered, Pulaosaurus qinglong, had seeds in its stomach and a “vocal box,” revealing how dinosaurs might ...

A remarkable fossilized larva has been discovered by scientists with its brain and guts still intact. The fossilized creature is one of the earliest ancestors of a group known as arthropods, which ...

IRVINE, Calif. (WPVI) -- Paleontologists made a rare and important discovery at the Bowerman Landfill in Irvine, California. They found well-preserved fossils of a large sperm whale 10 to 12 million ...

Two tiny pterosaurs, preserved for 150 million years, have revealed a surprising cause of death: violent storms. Researchers at the University of Leicester discovered both hatchlings, nicknamed Lucky ...

The fish were found with hot glass in their gills, likely from flaming debris. The discovery of a fossilized fish may offer a glimpse into the day an asteroid hit the earth and wiped dinosaurs off the ...

A fossil only tells part of the story. When an animal's body is preserved as a fossil, there are often pieces missing, and ...