The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and ...

Something ancient still walks the world’s shorelines—creatures with armored shells and spiky tails that seem plucked from the ...

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

Scientists discovered a 480-million-year-old phosphatic sponge in South China, making it the oldest known stromatoporoid and ...

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

The Mesozoic Era extinctions formed the world as we know it today. Read about what caused them and which animals survived.

But they don’t know much about the creature’s lifestyle and habits, because they haven’t found very many B. bakeri fossils. The recent discovery might change that: The bone bed unearthed at ...

The discovery of nearly 20 alligator-size amphibians that died together during the Triassic in what is now Wyoming is providing scientists important clues about these creatures' lives.

we thought these creatures were lost to time. Now, thanks to modern imaging, we can finally study them.” The Nilpena fossil site has provided scientists with a rare glimpse into life over half a ...

Scientists have found two specimens of a 444 million-year-old "inside-out" fossil with well-preserved soft tissue, according to a new study. Unlike most fossils, the creature's muscles and guts ...

Orcas are apex predators at the top of the ocean’s food chain. They prefer fatty foods like blubber-rich seals and certain types of fish. They also eat other animals like squid, penguins, and other ...