Research teams from the Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University have documented the first discovery of five freshwater ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Ancient fossils were stolen from Death Valley National Park recently, citing a need to curb vandalism and theft at national parks. Fossil footprints that scientists say are three to five million years ...