Dwarfing every living thing around them millions of years ago, Prototaxites have long defied scientific classification ...

Learn how Permian-era fossils from Brazil led researchers to a tetrapod with a twisted jaw from a lineage once thought ...

A study published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology describes the smallest rhynchosaur fossil ever recorded from the ...

A team of biologists just discovered a new species of chiton, a marine mollusk that clings to rocks and feeds on algae.

Tiny, tooth-sized fossils have just reshaped the story of our deepest ancestry. Paleontologists have discovered the ...

New minuscule fossils of Purgatorius, the earliest-known relative of all primates—including humans—have been unearthed in a ...

Explore gems, fossils, geodes and jewelry at the 52nd annual Gem and Mineral Show, March 6 to 8 at the Wayne County ...

Putting silicate rocks from mine waste on fields could improve crops and limit global warming, but some researchers question where all that rock is going to come from ...

The earliest sponges to live on the earth were soft and skeletonless pioneers - rewriting the story of the origin of animal ...

Explore ancient dinosaur tracks at Red Fleet State Park, Utah, where footprints from the Early Jurassic period offer a ...

Want to get close to life millions of years ago? It's easier than you think. Here are 15 amazing fossils you could find ...

Ancient sea organisms survived until a sudden extinction 550 million years ago, revealing what may be the first major mass ...