Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 ...

This dinosaur’s skull was light as air but its mouth was packed with power—and a unique ability to quickly grow teeth. Here’s ...

A Cambrian fossil once thought to be a mollusk ancestor is now identified as a chancelloriid relative, reshaping ideas about ...

Japanese researchers name Nipponopterus mifunensis, the first pterosaur species identified from skeletal fossils found in ...

Fossils from Scotland’s East Kirkton Quarry are now dated to 346 million years ago, offering rare insight into vertebrate ...

The alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) is a prehistoric freshwater predator that has remained virtually unchanged for over ...

This fossil site near a surprising city gives researchers and amateurs alike a window into a prehistoric world that's 309 million years old.

Field crews in Wyoming uncovered not one but four snake fossils so intact that their skulls, ribs, and tails lay in ...