Every once in a great while paleontological fieldwork turns up a fossil so extraordinary that it revolutionizes our understanding of the origin and evolution of an entire branch of the tree of life.

18, 2024 — New archaeological research has discovered for the first time clear links between fossils of the iconic Australian dingo, and dogs from East Asia and New ... Sep. 18, 2024 — A ...

What seemed to be an ordinary renovation turned out to be an extraordinary discovery when a trove of ancient fossils was uncovered. There are millions of fossils that make up those excavated since ...

Oct. 3, 2024 — Pockets of microbes have been found living within a sealed fracture in 2-billion-year-old rock. The rock was excavated from the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa, an area ...

Earlier this year, President Aliyev of Azerbaijan stood up at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin and told ministers, fossil fuels are a “gift from the gods.” Having oil and gas deposits ...

A damning new report by Textile Exchange has revealed that the production of fossil fuel-based fabrics, such as polyester, is on the rise despite sustainability efforts in the industry.

Fossils can be found in surprising places and they can tell us about the past. We call all of the fossils we have found the fossil record. This record shows us how living things have changed from ...

For decades, students at San Pedro High walked over millions of ancient fossils hidden beneath the concrete. During a recent construction project, workers discovered the massive collection ...

A team of Australian researchers has described a new species of now-extinct sawfly from an extremely well-preserved fossil found in central NSW. A new species of small, venomous reptile ...

Workers install photovoltaic panels at the Ningxia Tengger Desert New Energy Base in Zhongwei, in ... [+] China's northern Ningxia region. (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) The world added 473 ...