JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA, suggesting these ...

Jurassic lizard footprints found in Spain provide rare trackways and insight into reptile motion 152 million years ago.

Three tiny Purgatorius teeth found in Colorado are helping scientists trace how early primates evolved and spread across North America.

Florida’s Gulf Coast is full of hidden ancient history. In this video, we explore the shoreline and uncover echinoid fossils from the Eocene period. These sea biscuits and sand dollars formed millions ...

Trace Fossils, also known as Ichnofossils are structures developed in se-diments (sedimentary rocks) by activities of organisms which lived in the past. They provide direct/indirect evidences of life ...

Kelloggsville — When fourth-grader Jackie Escobargobar turned a golden, semi-transparent stone in her hand, she was certain of one thing: It wasn’t a fossil. “It has no texture and it is not stone,” ...

At a remote and barren Sahara desert site in Niger, scientists have unearthed fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus, among the biggest of the meat-eating dinosaurs, notable for its large ...

A reconstruction of a new species of shark, the Cosmoselachus mehlingi, based on a fossil found at the Fayetteville Shale. Illustration by Mick Ellison Newswise — Most shark fossils are just ...

A reconstruction of a new species of shark, the Cosmoselachus mehlingi, based on a fossil found at the Fayetteville Shale. Credit: Mick Ellison. More than 300 million years ago, much of what is now ...

If Earth were a giant oven, sedimentary rocks would be among its finest cakes. Almost all sedimentary rocks tell the story of how they were baked over millions of years. Fragments of existing rock ...

If you scaled Mount Everest, you'd probably be surprised to find fossilised marine creatures – including trilobites, crinoids and brachiopods – on Earth’s highest peak. Their presence hints at how the ...