Scientists have uncovered compelling evidence that dinosaur fossils may still contain traces of their original proteins, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sixty-five miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones movie breaks up the flat, ...

Around 120 to 130 million years ago, northeast China was home to a lush landscape filled with temperate forests, lakes, and diverse wildlife. Today, this ancient ecosystem, preserved in the Yixian ...

A team of paleontologists has uncovered hundreds of fossilized dinosaur eggs dating back 76 million years in the Provence ...

The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species. The plesiosaur, considered a successful marine predatory ancient species, may have ...

A 500-million-year-old fossil found in Utah is giving scientists a rare look at one of the strangest branches of the animal family tree. Called Megasiphon thylakos, it shows how early tunicates lived ...

The discovery of 280-million-year-old reptile embryos in Brazil and Uruguay has provided paleontologists with the oldest ...

Beneath the dry farmland of New South Wales lies a hidden window into a lost rainforest teeming with life from 11-16 million years ago. At McGraths Flat, scientists have uncovered fossils preserved in ...

Researchers have uncovered a remarkable fossil site in a remote part of Canada's Northwest Territories, offering ...

Scientists discovered that some of Earth’s supposed earliest animal fossils were actually giant ancient microbes.

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of true bug that has claws. Amber from Myanmar’s Kachin region has ...

Sixty-five miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones movie breaks up the flat, monotone landscape. Consisting of shale, sandstone and rocks from an old coal ...