In a study published in January, researchers confirmed the preservation of original organic molecules in Mesozoic dinosaur ...

How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to ...

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...

For the 24 th year, the Schiele Museum of Natural History wants to help visitors dig into their interest in fossils. The ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

DNA analysis of that tiny fossil ... remains found at Xujiayao and Xuchang. The large, low and wide shape is distinct from the skulls of other known hominin species. - Courtesy Xiujie Wu The ...

The findings shed light on how proteins like collagen may survive for millions of years within dinosaur bones.

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years. Recent research on fossil shark teeth has discovered an ...

DNA analysis of that tiny fossil led to the 2010 finding that ... The hard-to-classify Chinese remains include 21 fossils found in the 1970s at the Xujiayao (Houjiayao) site located on the border ...

The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils ... Human fossil remains have also been found on Japan's Ryukyu Islands ...