Today, this ancient ecosystem, preserved in the Yixian Formation ... Dating back to the age of dinosaurs, the Yixian fossils remained untouched until the 1980s, when local villagers unearthed ...

Million-Year-Old Firefly-Like Fossil Trapped in Amber, Scientists Reveal It Is Unexpected New Species From Dinosaur Era A fossil from the late Mesozoic period was discovered in Myanmar, containing an ...

Millions of years ago, apex predators in the Phorusrhacidae family lived up to their more common name—terror birds. The ...

Petrified wood forms through a process known as permineralization, which happens under very specific conditions. It all starts with the burial of organic plant material—trees and other types of ...

The End Triassic Extinction, one of Earth’s most significant mass extinctions, reshaped life on the planet 201.6 million ...

The fossil was on display in a museum, but unlabeled and hidden right under paleontologists’ noses for 20 years.

A new 450-million-year-old arthropod fossil, Lomankus edgecombei, has been uncovered in New York, revealing crucial ...

Between about 120 million and 130 million years ago, during the age of dinosaurs, temperate forests and lakes hosted a lively ...

These formidable predators roamed Colombia’s Tatacoa Desert about 12 million years ago, alongside car-sized armadillos, ...

"You never know unless you look," said Jayson Kowinsky, a high school physics teacher from Pittsburgh who, while sifting around in the New Jersey dirt, found a fossil that helped fill out the puzzle ...

If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31.

It’s also a good spot to enjoy your lunch. If you’re traveling with children (or are a child at heart), head to the Moab Giants Dinosaur Park ($18 for general entry) north of town for a peek into Moab ...