What happened to all the megafauna? From moas to mammoths, many large animals went extinct between 50 and 10,000 years ago.

Scientists have discovered new markers that enable the identification of species from fossilized bone fragments, offering new ...

A new study emphasizes the significance of preserving fossilized soft tissues. A new study published in the journal Biology suggests that ancient dinosaur fossils might help scientists make ...

A fossilized colony of small burrowing reptiles that lived some 250 million years ago was recently found in South Africa.

A newly discovered fossil in Mongolia, dubbed the “dragon prince,” reveals a missing link in the tyrannosaur family and reshapes their story.

On the seabed off the coast of Taiwan, a fisherman’s dredge pulled up more than just marine life. Among the animal remains was something unexpected—a thick, heavy jawbone.

A new fossil discovery suggests that reptiles lived together 20 million years earlier than previously thought.

Collagen from a fossilized bone fragment can identify the animal it came from. And, some new info about our galaxy’s eventual extinction.

Tiny bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds started breeding and nesting in the Arctic 30 million years earlier than ...

Maybe because no dinosaur bones have ever been ... specimens requires patience and identifying a lot of concretions, or mineral masses that sometimes contain fossils. The shape of a concretion ...

Understanding the molecular history of cancer could help scientists discover new treatments for the modern age.