His seminal work, published in 1859, changed the course of science and society. An excerpt from the concluding chapter, on ...

A unique and significant fossil bed, believed to be unprecedented in South Africa and potentially the entire world, has been unearthed during the South African National Roads Agency Limited's upgrade ...

"Considering its large size, Vasuki was a slow-moving ambush predator that would subdue its prey through constriction like ...

Tutcetus, Pyenson notes, is the first fossil whale from Egypt named by Egyptian paleontologists—even though researchers have been visiting the country’s fossiliferous rocks for generations.

Fossil-rich limestones that had been deposited on the shallow seafloor were lifted into the sky. Charleston Peak, for example, is composed of fossiliferous marine limestones that were thrust nearly 12 ...

Fossils unearthed in India revealed a prehistoric snake that may have been one of the longest to have ever lived, according ...

A giant prehistoric snake longer than a school bus slithered around what is now India 47 million years ago, according to new research. The extinct snake may have been one of the largest to have ...

A giant prehistoric snake longer than a school bus slithered around what is now India 47 million years ago, according to new research. The extinct snake may have been one of the largest to have ...

A giant prehistoric snake longer than a school bus slithered around what is now India 47 million years ago, according to new research. The extinct snake may have been one of the largest to have ...

(CNN) — A giant prehistoric snake longer than a school bus slithered around what is now India 47 million years ago, according to new research. The extinct snake may have been one of the largest ...