Fresh fossil analyses suggest the Kotlin Crisis 550 million years ago wiped out up to 80% of marine species, making it ...

A tiny ancient reptile just revealed the moment breathing as we know it began — and it changed life on Earth forever.

Scientists have discovered 132-million-year-old dinosaur tracks along South Africa’s Western Cape coast, the youngest ever found in the region, pushing back the known timeline of dinosaur presence ...

Republican allies of the oil and gas industry question the objectivity of an independent report from the nation’s top science ...

The discovery of a collection of about 700 fossils known as the Jiangchuan Biota gives scientists a better understanding of ...

Rare 450-million-year-old fossil, Paleocanna tentaculum, that provides a clearer link between ancient cnidarians and modern ...

A long-standing mystery in southern Africa’s fossil record is beginning to unravel. After massive lava flows 182 million ...

For 25 years, a hand-sized sea creature embedded in Illinois rock held the title of the world’s oldest octopus. Now, thanks ...

A team cracked the case by examining the fossil using a synchrotron, which produces beams of light by accelerating electrons ...

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

For nearly 25 years, a hand-sized fossil pulled from the rocks of Illinois held a remarkable title: the oldest known octopus ...

A 150-year-old fossil at London’s Natural History Museum has revealed a new species of coelacanth, filling a critical gap in ...