Imagine standing in the heart of ancient Australia, surrounded by dense eucalyptus forests and wide-open plains. Suddenly, ...

Giant kangaroos stayed local, and rapid climate change gradually destroyed their lush rainforest home, leading to extinction.

A 444 million-year-old arthropod fossil, discovered 25 years ago, has been identified. The fossil, named Keurbos susanae, was found in South Africa's Soom Shale. Unusually, it's preserved inside ...

The fossil is now back at the SRSU paleontology lab, where students and researchers are carefully studying it, along with associated vertebrae previously collected from the same quarry.

A fossil from one of the largest dinosaurs to live in North America was discovered in a national park in Texas. In March, students from Sul Ross State University went to Big Bend National Park for ...

Chris Driesbach, left, and a volunteer stand over a whale fossil found along the Gaviota Coast. Driesbach, a geologist and fossil enthusiast, found the piece after the 2024 storm washed away sand ...

was deeply intertwined with fossil fuels and other extractive materials. “Oil was everywhere in early Hollywood,” writes Jacobson, “flowing around and beneath studio backlots; supporting the ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? A jawbone fossil from a previously unknown hominin was finally identified as belonging to the elusive Denisovans—a species whose only ...