Fossils can be found in surprising places and they can tell us about the past. We call all of the fossils we have found the fossil record. This record shows us how living things have changed from ...

Take a look at these different kinds of fossils. What do they tell you about how Britain has changed? Ammonites are related to the squids and octopuses you can see today, but they’re all extinct. They ...

Scientists have discovered traces of life more than half-a-billion years old that could change the way we think about how all animals evolved on earth. The international team, including ...

Guarding long-buried treasure, a monitor at a dig site looks out for thieves who illegally remove fossils for sale to collectors. He sleeps in the one-room shack on the rim, keeping an ear cocked ...

Surely working out how to get rid of fossil fuels is what this UN climate conference is all about, you are probably thinking. But bizarre as it may sound, until just a couple of years ago fossil ...

Fossils predating the dinosaurs by hundreds of millions of years have been found in a paving stone in a Scottish city centre. Thousands of people have walked over the remains of 385 million-year ...