Australian and New Zealand scientists have unearthed the remains of ancient wildlife in a cave near Waitomo on Aotearoa's ...

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our planet's history.

Thousands of years before the invention of compasses or sails, prehistoric peoples crossed oceans to reach remote lands like ...

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

A new way of analysing fossils has revealed more about animals and environments of ancient times, when humans were evolving.

Earth is covered with technofossils, or man-made materials, that will last for centuries and maybe even longer.

Determining which dinosaurs were the most dangerous is far more complex than size or teeth alone suggest. Fossils provide physical evidence, but behavior, aggression, and hunting strategies remain ...

The Mesozoic Period produced some of the largest and most unusual herbivores ever to walk the Earth. Fossils reveal impressive size, armor, and adaptations, but many details of their behavior remain ...

AI is helping scientists make sense of messy dinosaur footprints, offering new clues about how dinosaurs moved, evolved, and ...

The way Sahelanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone is "beyond convincing" evidence this ape was bipedal. When you purchase ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in Africa’s fossil record of human origins. By Franz Lidz Researchers on Wednesday ...