For decades, the fossils found in the Pilbara region of Western Australia were the subject of heated debate. Were they truly ...

Ancient fossils unearthed in Morocco reveal parasitic worms burrowing into mollusc shells approximately 480 million years ago ...

Orange lichens in Canada are guiding scientists to hidden dinosaur fossils, with drones detecting their vivid color ...

Researchers have named an ancient fossil that was discovered at a park in Leicestershire. Charnia brasieri, which was found at Bradgate Park, would have lived on the ancient seafloor about 560 million ...

Learn how the fossils of ancient organisms help scientists navigate deep time — and uncover Earth’s hidden history.

A treasure trove of rare freshwater fossils has been described from Taiwan in a new study. Dating back to the Early ...

A dinosaur fossil discovery by a researcher from The University of Texas at El Paso may expand the known range of a species ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived long ago. But the oldest DNA obtained so far dates back ...

A computer simulation of what the trilobite fossil from A Cibdá de Armea may have looked like if it was fashioned into a pendant. Archaeologists say the ancient Romans may have worn the fossil as a ...

Researchers have uncovered dozens of long-misidentified coelacanth fossils in British museums, some overlooked for more than ...

Scientists have long believed that a universal genetic code serves as a blueprint for all life on Earth, dictating the structure and function of organisms from the simplest bacteria to complex humans.