Scientists have just revealed their findings on what are being described as the most pristine trilobite fossils ever found. The fossils, which show both hard exterior features and soft inner tissues, ...

Fossils can be found all across the Earth. The fossilized bones and shells of ancient organisms has helped us understand the evolution and history of life on Earth. While fossils are relatively common ...

You will learn about how one fossil fuel formed thousands of feet below parts of the US. Fossil fuels formed millions of years ago. Different kinds of coals, oils and natural gases formed as dead ...

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

Ediacara biota were forming complex communities tens of millions of years before the Cambrian explosion. A new analysis is shedding light on Earth's first macroscopic animals: the 570-million-year-old ...

New research in a North American “mummy zone” in eastern Wyoming reveals how giant duck-billed dinosaurs were preserved in striking detail.

Opalized ammonite fossils are some of the most unique and spectacular paleontological specimens. They were formed through a geological process known as opalization, wherein organic material from ...

A fascinating fossil discovery in Kenya is changing how scientists see Paranthropus boisei, an ancient human relative that ...

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 in ...