A 113-million-year-old marine murder mystery may finally be solved. Using chemical clues locked inside microscopic fossils, ...

Ammonites swam in the Western Interior Seaway that once covered a large portion of North America. These iridescent fossils from South Dakota, around 69–72 million years old, preserve inner shell ...

Forget the badlands and deserts. Some of the world’s most important fossil discoveries are hiding in New Jersey’s suburbs.

The authors of “A History of Life in 100 Fossils” write about the secrets of the animal kingdom Paul D. Taylor and Aaron O'Dea Fossils can illustrate evolutionary themes: speciation, evolutionary ...

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One of the most complete T. rex fossils sold for a record-setting price during Sotheby's Natural History auction.

Scientists know that dinosaur fossils are millions of years old by dating radioactive elements in rocks that the fossils were found near or in. Soft tissue can exist in fossils for longer than 4 ...

Newly excavated bones from Gran Dolina cave in Spain reveal an ancient human relative practiced cannibalism on adults and ...

These new fossils prove that this botanical lineage was established in India millions of years before the arrival of humans.