Scientists revisiting mysterious 540-million-year-old microfossils from Brazil have overturned a major idea about early ...

Oldest crocodile fragment: A newly discovered fossil from Lyme Regis is believed to come from the earliest known marine crocodile, offering fresh insights into prehistoric predators. Natural fossil ...

Charmouth and Lyme Regis beaches are the best places to find fossils. Button recommends Compton Bay, which includes a large ...

The “world’s oldest octopus” was actually a 300-million-year-old fossil impostor hiding its secret in tiny teeth.

A kraken-like octopus the size of a lorry prowled Earth’s oceans back when dinosaurs ruled the land, new fossil discoveries have suggested. Scientists have believed that sharks and giant marine ...

New research shows fossil skin can reveal color patterns in young Diplodocus, changing old ideas about sauropod appearance.

Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a meter-long bony fish with jaws full of clusters of spiky teeth. Long extinct, this predatory fish ...

Jurassic Coast find: An amateur fossil hunter discovered a fragment of the world's oldest marine crocodile in Lyme Regis, an area known for rich Jurassic and Cretaceous fossils. High-value Lorcana ...

A strange "fossil worm" has been discovered in Siberia. It showed no signs of life until researchers thawed it out. Then, it ...

COMAL COUNTY, Texas — A Texas paleontologist has made a discovery that could re-write what scientists know about prehistoric life in the state. In March, John Moretti, a paleontologist with the ...