A Carnegie Museum of Natural History paleontologist co-led the discovery of a new predatory dinosaur species, Jian ...

A fossil found in what’s now northwestern China belonged to a microraptor, a gliding dinosaur that hunted ancient birds.

From butterflies to blue whales, corals and worms, Earth is home to an incredible diversity of animals. How all of these animals evolved from earlier, simpler ancestors is one of the most exciting ...

A tranche of fossils from the end of the Ediacaran Period has shown up branches of the tree of life previously thought to have appeared millions of years later in the Cambrian. The discovery fills a ...

Canadian researchers studying 450-million-year-old fossils near Quebec City have identified a new species of basal-medusozoan: Paleocanna tentaculum, a soft-bodied, tube-shaped polyp with a ring of ...

WASHINGTON — A paleontologist has uncovered a trove of ancient fossils inside a cave, a discovery that could reshape what scientists understand about prehistoric ecosystems in the region. John Moretti ...

LINCOLN COUNTY — A rare fossil discovered near Kemmerer may be the first of its kind and the largest mammal found in the 50-million-year-old Green River Formation, according to the Wyoming State ...

An amateur fossil hunter has found a rare fragment from the world's oldest marine crocodile during a guided walk along the Jurassic Coast. “It is a very, very rare find, and fossil collecting has been ...

A young boy, Wylie Brys, discovered a significant dinosaur fossil at a Texas construction site while searching for shark teeth. This find led to the excavation of a unique, armoured nodosaurid from ...