The state geologist and paleontologist discovered the 13,500-year-old woolly mammoth was "sub adult" in a September dig, ...

Cave-ins and floods may have buried the Cretaceous creatures of the fossil Jehol Biota rather than volcanic eruptions, a new study claims.

Scientists have linked a fossilized elephant skull from Kashmir with another from Turkmenistan, identifying them as a distinct species of Palaeoloxodon. These findings could fill gaps in the ...

Year-Old Fossil of Saber-Toothed Kitten With Soft Dark Brown Fur Discovered in Siberian Frozen Soil A recent study revealed ...

Nov. 19, 2024 — Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of researchers has revealed new insights into how ancient ...

A new fossil may revolutionize our understanding of bird brain evolution, shedding light on how the intelligence of modern ...

A new chemical analysis challenges the long-held belief that the remarkable fossil preservation in China’s Yixian Formation ...

Learn more about Navaornis hestiae, the bird that could be a missing link to understanding how birds evolved from their ...

Great Abaco Island has a blue hole, Sawmill Sink, filled with fossils from the Ice Age showing the island's ancient history.

Well-preserved remains found in Germany in 2015 have now been identified as a new pterosaur species, solving a 200-year-old mystery.