A river hunt for ancient sea fossils takes a strange turn when the group starts finding unusual lightweight rocks that don’t behave like normal stone. Some show early signs of crystal formation—almost ...

Learn how a 500-million-year-old arthropod fossil from Québec is helping scientists rethink the Furongian gap and the hidden diversity of late Cambrian life.

A remarkable fossil hidden in a museum collection for decades is helping scientists rethink one of the biggest mysteries in ...

A routine peanut planting in northern Florida in 2001 led to a remarkable fossil discovery. Farmers unearthed ancient bones, ...

Stored in an open-air warehouse in tropical Darwin, Australia, are dozens of trays containing cylindrical cores of rock. They ...

Researchers have discovered chemical traces of life in rocks older than 3.3 billion years, offering a rare look at Earth’s earliest biology. By combining advanced chemical methods with artificial ...

America is rife with stunning outdoor activities, including discovering the remnants of an ancient past. These destinations are a joy for fossil hunters.

The unlucky fossil bird, preserved with over 800 tiny rocks in its throat (visible as the gray mass next to the left of its neck bones). A fossil only tells part of the story. When an animal’s body is ...

Fossils fascinated Sir David Attenborough throughout his childhood. The BBC retraces the steps of Sir David's formative ...

Led by Scott Evans, assistant curator of invertebrate palaeontology at the American Museum of Natural History, it draws on ...