Durham University researchers discover Youti yuanshi, a fossil revealing the ancient ancestors of insects and their evolution ...

The small garden now features thousands of roses, violets, cherry trees and vines. Experts think a perfumer may have once ...

Ancient coral fossils from the remote Seychelles islands have unveiled a dramatic warning for our future—sea levels can rise in sudden, sharp bursts even when global temperatures stay steady.

Fossils from Scotland’s East Kirkton Quarry are now dated to 346 million years ago, offering rare insight into vertebrate evolution during Romer’s Gap. In 1984, an amateur paleontologist in Scotland d ...

In a spectacular breakthrough that bridges centuries of geological research, a 20-million-year-old fossilised palm leaf has been discovered near the historic Kasauli Club by celebrated geologist ...

Scientists in Australia have uncovered some ancient secrets thanks to the discovery of a 15-million-year-old fossilised ...

“We know so little about mammals from this time period, their fossils are exceptionally rare,” study co-author Elsa Panciroli said in the release. “This exciting discovery not only enriches our ...

Fossils described in a new study speak to a previously unknown large-bodied lizard diversity that existed alongside dinosaurs ...

A fossil found in Utah two decades ago now gives researchers a better understanding of what Utah's ecosystem looked like 76 million years ago.

What started as a simple exploration by a university student ended up becoming a major scientific discovery of a completely ...

Scientists announced the discovery of a new species of early tyrannosaur in a museum vault in Mongolia, an ancestor to notorious apex predators like T. rex.

Two bits of amber discovered in a lab basement hold ancient evidence of a fungi famous for controlling the minds of its victims.