One of the 20th-century's biggest quests was to find the “missing link,” a being who connected humans to their pre-historic ...

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 ...

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

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

The National Fossil Act, introduced by Michigan Sen. Gary Peters and Indiana Sen. Mike Braun, passed unanimously in the ...

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

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

Discovered in a German museum but potentially smuggled from Brazil, this lizard fossil ignited fierce debates over scientific ...

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

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

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