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

Man cracks open rock hunting fossils, finds something shocking resembling a 'dinosaur condom'. Experts reveal the truth ...

Scientists at MIT have uncovered compelling evidence that ancient sea sponges were Earth's first animals. Chemical fossils ...

"In the world of paleontology, anything this unusual is important and we feel privileged to be able to interpret them," the ...

Dinosaur stories are often written for children, with a cast of neon cartoon characters or animatronic models. But for adults ...

Learn about a new world’s first: a South African rock hyrax that scooted its way into the fossil record and is highlighting ...

Adiel Klompmaker, curator of the paleontology collection for the UA museums, has named a prehistoric crab species in honor of Nick Saban.

A beach walker was left utterly gobsmacked after he picked up an item in the sand, as it was not what he was expecting at all ...

In a surprising twist, agarbage dump in Spain, has turned into a hotspot for ancient fossils. The Can Mata landfill, which ...

Beach-explorer Scott picked up what looked like a cannonball-shaped rock in the sand on a beach in Yorkshire, and was ...

From feathered dinosaurs to frozen mammoths, fossils keep upending science with discoveries that rewrite the history of life.

The La Brea Tar Pits are a group of natural asphalt pools in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. In the middle of ...