For more than a century, fossils meant bones, shells and the occasional imprint of a leaf. Now, a wave of research is showing ...

Sixty-five miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones movie breaks up the flat, monotone landscape. Consisting of shale, sandstone and rocks from an old coal ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

The bone fragments were once thought to be some of the oldest human fossils found in Japan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...

A 280 million-year-old fossil thought to be a well-preserved specimen of an ancient reptile is largely a forgery, according to new research. The fossil, initially discovered in the Italian Alps in ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Parasites have roamed the Earth for a long time. They were here before the dinosaurs: The oldest fossils are more than 500 million years old.... What a fossil mystery tells us about parasites today ...

The U.S. allows the sale of fossils collected on private property. Growing up, Danny Case became interested in fossils through his father, an amateur paleontologist. Starting at age 10, he says he ...

Specimens of what appear to be the largest eurypterid species found in Australia could shed light on the sudden extinction of the massive arthropods. By Rebecca Dzombak Most modern scorpions would fit ...

It stands to reason that a 95 million-year-old tooth shipped to my home would have a rich past. But what ensued after I bought it online for about $100 revealed how, for such relics and those who ...

Sixty-five miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones movie breaks up the flat, monotone landscape. Consisting of shale, sandstone and rocks from an old coal ...