Fossils in China reveal early life that predates animals and show that ancient ecosystems were more complex than previously ...

A fossil site in Australia shows iron can preserve soft tissues, changing how scientists search for ancient ecosystems.

The three fossil specimens (from left to right), Avisaurus darwini, Avisaurus sp., and Magnusavis ekalakaensis, all of which are represented by a tarsometatarsus. They are all shown to scale with one ...

Beneath the dry farmland of New South Wales lies a hidden window into a lost rainforest teeming with life from 11-16 million ...

Spiders are not well represented in the fossil record. Their soft external skeletons don't typically preserve well -- except at a few exceptional sites around the world. There is one remarkable spot ...

In 1902, professional fossil hunter Barnum Brown excavated a stunning set of bones from eastern Montana’s Cretaceous period rocks. The remains were clearly from a large carnivore—far more imposing ...

For an animal that already looks assembled from spare parts, the platypus has added another twist to its history. Fossils ...

The burnt bone fragments were one of three Homo sapien fossils discovered in the sediment of the Faro Daba beds in the ...