A search for dinosaur fossils unintentionally shifted into a discovery of the oldest tadpole ever discovered when a team ...

Claudia Steffensen was hiking in the Italian Alps last summer when she stepped on a rock that caught her eye. "It seemed more ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

Scientists have discovered a pristine fossil of a mummified saber-toothed kitten that had been frozen in the Russian tundra ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Paleontologists recently discovered a rare mammal fossil in western Colorado. It's a genus of mammal that ...

At more than 160 million years old, a recently discovered amphibian fossil has set a new record for the earliest known ...

The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...

Nick Fraser, who oversees natural sciences at National Museums Scotland, remarked that this finding adds to the already ...

It's known as the Shark Tooth Capital of the World for a reason, but the casual beachgoer might want a little help when ...

Terror birds were apex predators some 12 million years ago in South America. A newly published discovery could be the largest yet.