"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ash deposits, which is extremely unusual," study lead author Valentina ...

"Twins! She has another baby," Judith Pardo-Pérez, a paleontologist at the University of Magallanes in Chile who first ...

Plastic bottles, T-shirts, and fast fashion items may become future fossils, as many are only partially recycled, leaving ...

With the discovery of the species, scientists can now properly develop a timeline surrounding the arrival of the fish in ...

Paleontologists are marveling over a unique fossil of a specimen that pre-dated the dinosaurs, according to new research.

The 2005 finding of cells and blood vessels in dinosaur bone launched a systematic search for fossil remnants of biomolecules, creating innovations in methods and applications. Jasmina Wiemann is ...

A 444-million-year-old fossil named "Sue" preserves internal organs of Keurbos susanae, raising questions about arthropod ...

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, ...

A fragment of a face from a human ancestor is the oldest in Western Europe, according to the results of a new study published this week. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone ...

Paleontologists have discovered a newly identified fish species in Australia so well-preserved that they could ...