May 28, 2025 — A new species of velvet worm, Peripatopsis barnardi, represents the first ever species from the arid Karoo, which indicates that the area was likely historically more forested ...

June 3, 2025 — A new study has finally confirmed the theory that the cause of extraordinary global tremors in September -- October 2023 was indeed two mega tsunamis in Greenland that became ...

Except it contains many of the world’s best-preserved, most diverse fossils. The defunct mine’s location in Grundy County is one of several sites spanning six counties that belong to the Mazon ...

A group of fossils of elasmosaurs—some of the most famous in North America—have just been formally identified as belonging to a "very odd" new genus of the sea monster, unlike any previously ...

Only six locations have fossils embedded in that layer, says Nick Sena, director of community development and partnerships at the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University, which opened on ...

Discovered in the Yehliu Geopark and Badouzi promontory of the island, the burrows are what are known as trace fossils—preserved imprints left behind by the activities of ancient animals.

For more than a decade, paleontologists have speculated about a single fossil that preserves skeletons of two of the world’s most famous dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops. Not only ...

In the quiet landscape of Alberta, science meets surprise. A site known as Pipestone Creek is stirring global interest. Thousands of dinosaur bones lie hidden beneath its soil. For scientists, it ...

A study has found that increased renewable energy production may not lead to lower fossil fuel production in the U.S. Study: additional policies may be required if the United States is to lower ...

Fossils discovered beneath the Madura Strait in Indonesia reveal a previously unknown population of Homo erectus inhabiting the submerged Sundaland region. The findings, including over 6,000 ...

In 1971, Lawrence Loendorf, an archaeologist who had heard that there were bones in the cave, collected a few mammal fossils and a red jasper knife at the base of the pit. Other than the knife and ...

Amateur fossil hunters discovered a trackway left by a creature that might have looked like the one in this illustration. The finding raises new questions about the evolution of the earliest reptiles.