For years, paleontologists debated the timeline for recovery following the devastating end-Permian mass extinction (the ...

A new extinct flying reptile species has been discovered in fossilized dinosaur vomit. Known as "regurgitalite," the remains ...

Around 110 million years ago, an apparent dinosaur ate two pterosaurs and four fish and, for whatever reason, threw them back ...

Fossil remains of a large, now-extinct bird species have been discovered in Australia’s Boodjamulla National Park. The ground-dwelling species – Menura tyawanoides – is an ancient ancestor of ...

Fossilization is a fickle process. Many fossils are fragmented, scattered (often broken) bones turned slowly to stone over millions of years. When most organisms die, their tissues are exposed to the ...

Researchers say they have uncovered a case of mistaken identity and found evidence of a species called Nanotyrannus lancensis ...

Rare fossils reveal that worms managed to survive multiple mass extinction events. A recent scientific investigation has ...

Scientists found that specific lichen species act as natural indicators of exposed dinosaur fossils, creating signatures that ...

The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds.

(CNN) — A legendary fossil housed at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh features skeletons apparently locked in prehistoric combat — an epic meeting of two of the world’s ...