The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds.

Research teams from the Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University have documented the first discovery of five freshwater ...

A chemist explores why the fossilized shells of ammonites, squid-like marine animals that vanished with the dinosaurs, are so ...

Paleontologists have discovered the fossil bones of Tenontosaurus sp. -- an Early Cretaceous ornithopod dinosaur from North ...

Scientists have uncovered an ancient fossil site deep in the Grand Canyon that could rewrite what we know about early life on ...

Learn about the new method for dating fossil sites that measures isotopes in calcified dinosaur eggshells.

Scientists in Argentina discovered the oldest known long-necked dinosaur, Huayracursor jaguensis, revealing a much earlier ...

Amateur fossil hunter Robert Beattie has been searching for remnants of the past ever since he was a child. Now, some of his ...

These fossils, which include teeth, bones, and remains of ancient marine reptiles, amphibians, bony fish, and sharks, come ...

The exceptionally long neck of Lijiangosaurus yongshengensis contained 42 cervical vertebrae, according to a research team ...

While there is fossil evidence of life older than 3.3bn years, this is the first time that its molecular chemical fingerprints have been detected through high-tech sleuthing.

A treasure trove of rare freshwater fossils has been described from Taiwan in a new study. Dating back to the Early ...