For years, a mysterious fossil specimen defied categorization, until one paleontologist made a surprising discovery.

A remarkable fossilized larva has been discovered by scientists with its brain and guts still intact. The fossilized creature ...

Dr. Chris Shelton and student Kolby Dooling unearthed a rare, well-preserved ammonite fossil at a site in Oklahoma, and it ...

A routine fossil-hunting trip turned into a groundbreaking discovery for a pair of researchers when they stumbled upon a rare ...

A new analysis of a fossil found in 1889 has unveiled the presence of zeolites—and an entirely new mineralization method.

A new review of Triassic fossils from Germany reveals rich tetrapod diversity and links to modern biodiversity and climate ...

New dinosaur species discovered in 125 million-year-old fossil - Researchers also found the remains of two rodent-like ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known woolly mammoth fossil in North America — a 216,000-year-old tooth unearthed along ...

A scientific discovery has brought a 520-million-year-old larva back to life in ways previously thought impossible. For the ...

A 444-million-year-old fossil without a shell or limbs has been discovered in South Africa with soft tissues intact.

The jawbone fragment was pulled up during a fishing expedition in the Penghu Channel, located near the Taiwan Strait.

a feature rarely found in fossils this old. These types of fossils are called ammolite in Canada, where they are better known. Ammolite is a rare gemstone that forms from the fossilized shells of ...