Researchers have discovered an exceptionally preserved fossil site in Massachusetts that provides a rare glimpse into ...

Researchers uncover a 320-million-year-old fossil site in Massachusetts, revealing over 130 species of reptiles, amphibians, ...

In the wrap-up of “Objects of Wonder,” hundreds of the museum’s most treasured specimens are returning to the collection ...

Fossils in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History research collection in its Department of Paleobiology. Before this study, a reliable temperature curve for the Phanerozoic did not yet ...

Unusual tusks on preserved skulls of dicynodonts influenced the look of a mythical beast painted by Southern Africa’s San people, a researcher suspects.

Queensland Museum and James Cook University scientists are using AI to unlock the mysteries of our fossil past. The ...

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...

Coelacanth fossils like these are useful because two known coelacanth species are still alive today. They are likened to ...

Well-preserved fossils reveal that even the most colossal of pterosaurs were capable of flight, and various species had ...

New archaeological research by the University of Sydney has discovered for the first time clear links between fossils of the ...

San Pedro High School discovered a deposit of marine fossils on campus in 2022 and began collaborating with local ...

The ancient coelacanth, which has existed for some 419 million years, never stopped evolving despite its reputation as a ...