Fossils
Wing-Scale Fossils of Moths and Butterflies Found
The tiniest fossils can change everything we know about early butterflies.
Ancient Shark Species Discovered in Alabama
80-million-year-old teeth rewrite what we know about shark evolution.
Ancient Shark Fossil Hints at Split from Humans
Sharks and humans common ancestor dates back 440 million years.
Mysterious Fossil Baffles Paleontologists
It's a mystery wrapped in an enigma, sprinkled with intrigue.
Sea Monster Used Its Jackknife-Like Head on Its Prey
The fierce creature was first described in 1912 by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
Is Antarctica's Fossilized Forest Tied to Great Flood?
"The secular science community has no viable answers to explain remarkable finds like these."
Oldest Fossil Raises Hope of Finding Life Elsewhere
This stunning discovery pushes the limits of our understanding about how and when life started.
Ancient Fossil Is Earliest Evidence of Life on Earth
The evidence makes life elsewhere look likelier than ever.
Man Caught With 30 Million-Year-Old Shark Teeth in Bag
Russian authorities found 24 teeth from a prehistoric sea predator that may have been related to the largest ever shark, in the baggage of a man set for China.
Oldest Plesiosaur, a Swimming Reptile, Discovered
These animals looked like the Loch Ness Monster, with long necks and sharp teeth.
Ancient, Giant Penguins Roamed New Zealand
The giant penguin weighed around 220 pounds.
Extinct Marsupial Lion Discovered in Australia
This fossil helps us understand how marsupial lions evolved.
Horseshoe Crab Looks like Darth Vader
Horseshoe crabs have survived five mass extinctions.
Scientists Were Wrong About a Famous Dinosaur Fossil
The discovery reverses assumptions about one of the most famous dinosaur fossils ever found.
2 Billion-Year-Old Fossils of Earliest Life Form Found
The prokaryotic fossils represent the planet's oldest-known form of life.
Ancient Skeleton Of Largest Woolly Mammoth On Sale
It could be yours for about the price of a small apartment in Brooklyn.
Giraffe Ancestor Discovered in Spain had Four 'Horns'
Several extinct members of the giraffe family found in Madrid are shockingly weird-looking.
Adorable Raccoon-Faced Dinosaur Was Master of Camo
Scientists worked from three fossils to reconstruct the dinosaur's camouflage.
Very First Trees Ripped Themselves Apart to Grow Larger
"The tree simultaneously ripped its skeleton apart and collapsed under its own weight."
48-Million-Year-Old Fossil Bird Preened Its Feathers
Despite the odds, scientists have found one of the world's oldest preen glands in a 48-million-year-old bird fossil.
U.S. Vs. Korea in Race to Clone the Woolly Mammoth
They are using different approaches to the de-extinction issue—and only one can be first.
Diprotodon, the 6,000-Pound Wombat, Roamed Australia
This colossal marsupial roamed vast expanses of Queensland, according to analysis of a tooth.
Extinct Tasmanian Tigers Died of Thirst in Australia
New research contradicts previous assumptions about why this marsupial was wiped out.
Saber-Toothed Kittens Were Freakishly Strong
About 800 leg bones from large cats of all ages shows the unique power of this kitten.
New Zealand: Legendary Black Swan Was No Myth
Poūwa was heavier and larger, a bit like an All Blacks rugby player, and it was well on the way to becoming flightless when it became extinct.
Fossils of Extinct Songbird Found in the Azores
The bird became extinct sometime following the colonization of the Azores archipelago in the 13th century.
'Exceptional' Ancient Reptile Fossil Packs Surprise
Scientists have a new theory about the reptile Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi.
99 Million-Year-Old Bird Trapped in Amber Discovered
The ancient hatchling will shed light on the evolution of the toothed birds that lived alongside the dinosaurs.
Earliest Homo Sapiens Fossils Discovered in Morocco
How two hominins with Homo sapiens features ended up on other sides of Africa at a relatively similar time points to an immensely complex evolutionary history.