A fresh analysis of a fossil found almost 50 years ago reveals a newly described genus named for its "manipulating claw" ...

The Fossil Cabin, located on U.S. Route 30 near Medicine Bow, Wyoming. The structure's walls have dinosaur fossils excavated ...

A strange little snake fossil found on England’s south coast has finally revealed its secrets—more than 40 years after it was discovered. The newly named Paradoxophidion richardoweni lived around 37 ...

In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any animal to get preserved with exceptional detail in sandstones, which are ...

There's a lot we still don't know about dinosaurs, but we may have an answer to why these prehistoric creatures had ...

These “total monsters of fishes” are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest living relatives: the big-eyed ratfish of the deep sea Strange fossils ...

How Did These Strange, Ancient Organisms Turn into Such Remarkable Fossils? New Research in Geology reveals why the 570-million-year-old Ediacaran Biota were so exceptionally preserved. Boulder, Colo.

US President Donald Trump’s fixation with Greenland has once again put the world’s largest island back in the spotlight. So, ...

In 1993, researchers exploring a cave in southern Italy found a sinkhole leading to a tunnel. At the end of the tunnel was a ...

Ah Louis and his sons Frank and Howard toured the birthplace of Ah Louis in China in 1933. Upper left is schoolhouse that ...

In Trilobites, reporters aim to share new findings in the science world, be it interspecies friendships or discoveries of ...

Wyoming has several strange and amusing sights along its highways including the Big Boy statue, the Smith Mansion, the ...