Spiders are not well represented in the fossil record. Their soft external skeletons don't typically preserve well -- except at a few exceptional sites around the world. There is one remarkable spot ...

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

A pair of Edmontosaurus specimens found in a Wyoming dig help researchers to understand the process that led them to be ...

Shattered crocodile. Formally, Confractosuchus. It was discovered in Australia when a bulldozer clearing a boulder broke a stone into pieces. Exposed portions of the broken-up rock made clear that ...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Fossils Are Where You Find Them -- 1. Fantastic Fossils -- 2. How Are Fossils Formed? -- 3. What Kinds of Rocks Yield Fossils? -- 4.

Two recently examined fossils suggest that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for their meat, according to a new study.

The Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, which is home to the Hyde Park mastodon and the largest number of fossils ...