Fossilized dinosaurs are emerging as a new asset class, subject to the whim of the market, exposed to the laws of supply and ...

Their dream came spectacularly true on that momentous day in 1974. The Lucy fossil preserved skull fragments and a lower jaw ...

Tiny chemical samples of teeth can infer its diet and body temperature too. It is also important for scientific debate that ...

This "living fossil" can grow as large as an alligator, has two rows of needle-sharp teeth, and such strong armor that it ...

A new species of small, venomous reptile, Microzemiotes sonselaensis, has been discovered in the Late Triassic Chinle ...

110 million years ago, the bizarre Nigersaurus walked the lush environment in what is now Niger’s Sahara Desert. It was a ...

Michigan may not have dinosaur fossils, but on National Fossil Day we celebrate our Petoskey stones and mastodons.

Researchers have discovered new fossils of the extinct Caribbean monkey Antillothrix bernensis in the Dominican Republic. The ...

Researchers say they uncovered new evidence documenting the anatomy and ecology of an extinct primate once found on ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the Staurikosaurus, a small dinosaur from the Late Triassic period, about 230 million years ...

Bones of prehistoric ancestor to dolphins found in Summerville. The 29 million-year-old killer had knife-like teeth and a ...

Fossil found in Kashmir valley quarter century ago could represent missing link in elephant evolution, researchers say ...