Finding dinosaurs is a mixture of knowing where to look and pure luck. It typically involves paleontologists hiking for miles ...

New fossils reveal the hand bones of Paranthropus boisei, proving this early human ancestor could make and use tools.

Learn how the fossils of ancient organisms help scientists navigate deep time — and uncover Earth’s hidden history.

Scientists found that specific lichen species act as natural indicators of exposed dinosaur fossils, creating signatures that ...

Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, ...

Fossils paleontologists initially thought belonged to a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex actually belong to a new species of ...

A discovery deep in the rocky terrain of West Texas is changing what scientists know about dinosaurs that once roamed this ...

A new study sheds light on how these reptiles become “mummies” and paints a picture of what these ancient animals looked like ...

For decades, the fossils found in the Pilbara region of Western Australia were the subject of heated debate. Were they truly ...

Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human ...

To find out, I took it to London’s Natural History Museum, where Susannah Maidment, a senior researcher and fossil expert, examined it. “Yeah, it’s a fossil, for sure,” she said. “It’s got a rounded ...

Researchers have uncovered dozens of long-misidentified coelacanth fossils in British museums, some overlooked for more than ...