Coastal tracks in South Africa show dinosaurs lived there millions of years longer than expected, filling gaps left by scarce ...

Fossils reveal an ancient platypus species (Obdurodon insignis) that still had teeth, offering insight into how this unusual ...

Rare fossil finds show colossal octopuses were among the top ocean predators during the Cretaceous Period, according to a new ...

The fossil record has given us another new prehistoric species, named Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa (from the Greek ...

Oil seep hydrocarbons and oxygen-free mud protected not only bones but also delicate tissues such as skin and cartilage.

Detailed imaging of a 250-million-year-old fossil has revealed the first proof that the ancestors of mammals laid eggs. The ...

At this fossil park in Mississippi, visitors will be able to dig for fossils from 84 million-year-old animals that once lived ...

A 300-million-year-old fossil that earned a Guiness World Record in 2015 as the world’s oldest octopus, has now been reclassified after new research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.