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

For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...

Prehistoric times had no shortage of pretty scary creatures, but you need to look no further than this huge arthopod to find something truly terrifying.

Beachcombers may find other types of shells, too, like parts of crustaceans or empty ... burying the fossils. But eventually, as sea levels rise and fall, those fossils become exposed on land.

Bathynomus vaderi, a deep-sea crustacean found off the coast of Vietnam, got its name due to the resemblance of its head to the helmet of "Star Wars" villain Darth Vader. The six male specimens ...

Researchers studying crustaceans in Vietnam have identified a new "supergiant" sea bug species that bears a surprising resemblance to a classic movie villain. Deep-sea sea bugs, or the Bathynomus ...

The scientists from Nagoya University and elsewhere made the discovery after comparing sea lilies caught in Japan with a fossil unearthed in the United States. “We will examine whether the ...

The tip of a right flipper of the new plesiosaur fossil, with two scales along the ... similar to the features of some living sea turtle species.Credit...Klaus Nilkens/Urwelt-Museum Hauff ...