Feathers belonging to a griffon vulture that died around 30,000 years ago have become the first fossils of their kind, ...

The mound, thought to have been submerged in a flood 5,000 years ago. A recent discovery has sparked excitement among some experts who believe they may have found the fossil of Noah's Ark.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Fossil evidence indicates that humans began domesticating avocados in what is now Honduras around 7,500 years ago. Analysis of 1,725 fossilized avocados from the ...

The newly identified dinosaur may have been about the size of a pony, and was at least eight years old when it died, according to the researchers. The fossil was first recorded by paleontologists ...

The study was co-authored by Professor Rolf Quam and graduate student Brian Keeling. The team analyzed fossils that point to a serious Neanderthal population dip around 110,000 years ago. The ...

A sneak peek inside of the long-awaited $75 million Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University on Wednesday was well worth the wait. After almost 20 years from concept and design to swinging ...

(Image Credit: Jason L. Heaton) A fossil leopard lower jawbone next to a skull fragment of a juvenile Paranthropus robustus. Note the two punctures in the skull, which match the spacing of the tips of ...

CLIMATEWIRE | President Donald Trump lampooned Democratic efforts to fight climate change early and often during his joint address to Congress on Tuesday while vowing to rapidly ramp up fossil ...

Fossils of Paranthropus robustus are found in abundance at Swartkrans Cave, situated about halfway between Johannesburg and Pretoria. Much has been revealed about the diet and social organization ...

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Researchers at Connecticut College are describing fossil discoveries that tell a very different tale of the Arctic’s history. The research sheds light on how the Arctic once existed – with dense ...