The discovery may push back the emergence of the reptiles that once ruled the Earth, and clarify how dinosaurs like the ...

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.

But there are some differences. The antennae of Flammarionella (named for French astronomer Camille Flammarion) are densely ...

The 550-million-year-old Quaestio simpsonorum is the first fossil to show a definitive left-right asymmetry, an important ...

The creature supposedly stood roughly the size of a small dog, weighing around 10 pounds, with a tail that stretched a meter ...

Scientists in Brazil announced the discovery of one of the world's oldest fossils believed to belong to an ancient reptile ...

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.

The fossil site, called Lantern North, dates to approximately 320–318 million years ago during the early Pennsylvanian period and is located in the Wamsutta Formation of eastern North America ...

Wednesday's National Fossil Day, which promotes the scientific and educational value fossils present to us every day.