What began as a relaxing day along an Alabama river turned into an unforgettable fossil discovery. Beneath the clear water and ancient sandstone, explorers found perfectly preserved plant fossils ...

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Scientists discovered molecular fossils that reveal sponges were among Earth’s earliest animals.

Little is known about the early history of lizards, snakes and their kin. New fossil discoveries reveal a complex ...

Rock hyraxes, known in southern Africa more often as "dassies," are furry, thickset creatures with short legs and no ...

For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use—people cleaning their ...

This tiny track, alongside those of an older child and at least one adult, is at the heart of a remarkable discovery. For the ...

Scientists from MIT and elsewhere have identified chemical fossils that may have been left by ancient sponges in rocks more ...