“This research shows beyond doubt that organic biomolecules, such as proteins like collagen, appear to be present in some fossils ... South Dakota Hell Creek Formation’s Upper Cretaceous ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

The fossil is an exceptionally well preserved Edmontosaurus sacrum excavated from Upper Cretaceous strata of the South Dakota Hell Creek Formation. It is part of the University of Liverpool's ...

Fossilized soft tissue is exceptionally rare in plesiosaur fossils. The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species. The ...

This oddly shaped fossil came from a 6-million-year-old rock formation in Lake Mead National ... including ground sloth, horse, camel and mountain sheep, the park says. “Notches found on the ...

Now, other megafauna fossil finds from South America appear to be even younger: They date from around 3,500 years ago, researchers report in the Feb. 15 Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks that lived alongside the dinosaurs. By Asher Elbein Asher Elbein ...

Photos of the fossil — yes, it’s assumed to be a fossil — were shared Feb. 8 on social media by the National Park Service, which isn’t sure of its origin. This oddly shaped fossil came from a ...

Now, a fossil hunter in Denmark named Peter Bennicke has found the remains of this Cretaceous snack: fossilized vomit. The discovery was announced Monday in a statement from the natural history ...

The fossil provides a rare glimpse into a time of global environmental changes and faunal turnover, when some species go extinct while new ones are introduced due to varying changes in the habitat.

"Black holes really do sit at the frontier of human understanding." Scientists have discovered that some supermassive black holes rotate much more rapidly than expected. The discovery came as the ...

And then the vomit was lost to the mists of time. Until last November, when an amateur fossil hunter, Peter Bennicke, split a piece of chalk and discovered it. For decorum’s sake, we had now ...