One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...

Scientists have made a rare discovery off the coast of Portugal, where a frilled shark, a species that has remained nearly ...

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...

Time-lapse video shows how a mushroom coral polyp pulses and inflates, flinging its soft body into micro-hops to slowly move itself to a new location.

Fossil collectors in Florida have discovered an ancient sinkhole, now at the bottom of a river, which holds the remains of animals rarely seen in the state, including a type of giant armadillo, giant ...

Above the shores of prehistoric seas and lakes, pterosaurs roamed the skies. They were feathered creatures that ranged in ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

A "stunning" and well-preserved ammonite fossil — believed to be between 100 to 105 million-years-old — has been discovered ...

Wicklesham Quarry was recognised by both Charles Darwin and Sir Isaac Newton as a globally significant fossil site ...

Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years and recent research on fossilized shark teeth has led to the ...