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

CASPER, Wyo. (WKRC) - An 11-year-old boy discovered a nearly complete fossilized turtle during a rock-hunting trip in southwest Wyoming, officials with Bureau of Land Management said. Touren Pope was ...

An examination of an aquatic, shrimplike creature that lived half a billion years ago offers insight into how arthropods with mandibles became so common. By Rebecca Dzombak About 70 percent of the ...

The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds. By Alexa Robles-Gil Millions of years ago, squid-like creatures called ammonites swam ...

Today, fossils feel almost self-explanatory. You see a tooth, a shell, or a skeleton in a museum case and instinctively treat it as evidence of ancient life, preserved over immense spans of time. That ...