Millions of years ago, Los Angeles was underwater, a vast prehistoric sea teeming with creatures that largely don't exist ...

In the depths of the world's longest cave, researchers have uncovered the fossilized remains of a 340-million-year-old shark.

When the fossil’s container stored at the Czech National Museum was examined for repacking in 2011, it turned out to be “the world's oldest fossilized large land plant.” An academic paper on ...

Sturgeons are one of the oldest groups of fishes. Sporting an armor of five rows of bony, modified scales called dermal ...

Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone ...

An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can preserve microscopic details in feathers—the first ever record of such a ...

Mar. 12, 2025 — The discovery of a human facial fragment aged over one million years represents the oldest known face in western Europe and confirms the region was inhabited by two species of ...

The team found fossils of leg bones on the first prospecting trip, and knew very quickly that it was a dinosaur and Wyoming’s oldest, Lovelace said. But because “nobody knew the age of the Pop ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...