A study led by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History presents the oldest known example in the fossil record ...

In the remote outback of South Australia, paleontologists have unearthed fossils of a peculiar creature ... Named Quaestio simpsonorum, this ancient marine organism lived approximately 555 million ...

Now, the discovery of an older species, Palaeospondylus australis, from Early Devonian rocks in Australia ... marine ecosystems across the globe. The remarkable preservation of these fossils ...

The oldest fossils are remains of marine organisms that populated the planet's oceans. When they died, the plants and animals were buried by mud, sand, or silt on the sea floor. Land animals and ...

The fossil ichthyosaur comes from the Holzmaden ... by the warmth of their surroundings. Blubber helps some marine animals maintain a high body temperature regardless of the ocean water temperature.

Caught in the crossfire of a titanic struggle between the Allies and the Axis powers, these submerged relics tell of a time when Australia ... thousands of marine animals—including seabirds ...