Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing over a period of roughly 30 million years, but that would come to a halt ...

Earth’s history is filled with incredible milestones, and the emergence of the first animals is one of the most captivating.

The fossil excavation set has over 16,000 reviews and an average of 4.7 stars on Amazon. Aspiring archeologists will be digging for all the good stuff — shark and stingray teeth, brachiopods ...

These layers, laden with marine fossils, serve as a geological record of ancient life forms, including trilobites, brachiopods, and other marine fauna that thrived during this era. Exploring these ...

These layers, laden with marine fossils, serve as a geological record of ancient life forms, including trilobites, brachiopods, and other marine fauna that thrived during this era. Exploring these ...

There's a place in Arkansas where time seems to slow down and the modern world fades away – Devil's Den State Park in West Fork, a geological marvel nestled in the Boston Mountains that somehow ...

The Fossil Flats Trail offers yet another dimension to the park ... of marine creatures that lived hundreds of millions of years ago – crinoid stems, brachiopod shells, and other evidence of life ...

Beneath the towering Guadalupe Mountains of Texas lies a dramatic story of transformation. Once part of an ancient sea, the fossilized Capitan Reef now forms craggy peaks and iconic cliffs like El ...

A 444 million-year-old arthropod fossil, discovered 25 years ago, has been identified. The fossil, named Keurbos susanae, was found in South Africa's Soom Shale. Unusually, it's preserved inside ...