Fossil hunting is quite the fun hobby, and if you want to indulge that interest, there are some specific places that you ...

In the ocean, romance takes on wild forms—tail-holding, synchronized dances, underwater serenades, and even lifelong bonds. Here's a list of some marine animals that might just out-romance all ...

For years, a mysterious fossil specimen defied categorization, until one paleontologist made a surprising discovery.

Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil's surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated ...

The discovery could be the “missing link” in the evolution of animals ... Sciences at Boston College. The fossil’s discovery in an inland lake shifts the focus on the first forms of early life from ...

This year's theme, the Fossils & Farm Friends Festival, celebrates five years of prehistoric excitement and agricultural adventure with new features, more animals , and unforgettable family ...

Mar. 20, 2025 — Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By ...

Most people think the bottom of the ocean is like a giant bathtub filled with mud—boring, flat and dark. But it contains the largest mountain range on earth, canyons far grander than the Grand ...

as well as hatchling sea turtles, nudibranchs, seahorses, crabs, shrimps, and snails. The seaweed in turn is nourished by the excrement of these organisms. Larger creatures such as fish and ...

Conrad Labandeira, curator of fossil arthropods ... of such an eruption in any given century is exceedingly low. All animals have taste buds or an equivalent, and they are “tuned” to the ...

From wading adaptations to running legs, these creatures tried and tested their evolutionary paths. Close up of a fossil. Screenshot from Fujianvenator Prodigiosus: The Bird-like Dinosaur Discovery, ...