The minerals involved in the fossilization of ancient life can have a dramatic effect on how that fossil turns out. They ...

Learn how Triassic marine amphibian fossils from the Kimberley region in Australia reveal rapid global dispersal after the ...

The Kimberley region in the north-west corner of Western Australia is full of rugged ranges and gorges, and long stretches of ...

Around 250 million years ago, what is today scorching desert in remote northwestern Australia was the shore of a shallow bay ...

Two skulls from Yunxian, in northern China, aren’t ancestors of Denisovans after all; they’re actually the oldest known Homo ...

“It blew all of our minds," his mother said of the prehistoric find ...

Advanced CT imaging of rare Devonian lungfish fossils in Australia and China is revealing unexpected anatomical details.

Travelers can get their hands dirty and track down ancient dinosaur fossils, jewels and more treasures through excursions across the country. Families planning a visit to Mantua, New Jersey, for ...

The 225-million-year-old fossil that changes everything we know about dinosaurs ...

A newly identified ichthyosaur from the UK’s Jurassic Coast is rewriting part of the prehistoric playbook. Nicknamed the “Sword Dragon of Dorset,” the three-meter-long marine reptile lived during a ...

A set of ancient human fossils found on Morocco’s Atlantic coast now sits on one of the tightest timelines in African ...