NEW YORK — Scientists have long posited the earliest water animals to transition to land had amphibious tadpole features, ...

One fossil can shake up a scientist's entire theory, making them re-arrange the timeline they had for the origin of species.

"Scientists have found these weird, broken-up clusters of bird bones at this site, and we didn't know what made them." ...

A 550-million-year-old fossil found along the Yangtze River may explain why Earth's earliest animals left almost no trace ...

A new dinosaur with a dramatic sail along its back and tail has been identified from fossils found on the Isle of Wight in England—and it may have evolved its eye-catching look to impress potential ...

(CNN) — A chunky, squat creature that roamed Earth 307 million years ago is helping scientists understand how plant-eating animals first appeared on land. The newly described species is one of the ...

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Fossils are invaluable archives of the past. They preserve details about living things from a few thousand to hundreds of millions of years ago. Studying fossils can help us understand the evolution ...

Were you the kid that spent hours digging in the dirt looking for treasures growing up? Or perhaps you’re still fascinated by the science of fossils and prehistoric creatures? Well, it’s not out of ...

A team of researchers has identified and described Vulcanoscaptor ninoti ("the Camp dels Ninots volcano digger"), a previously unknown genus and species of Pliocene mole. The fossil was unearthed at ...