Fossils in China show that complex animals existed before the Cambrian explosion, changing our understanding of how life ...

GOLDEN, Colo. — A 66 million-year-old dinosaur track is fresh out of the plaster and taking center stage at the Golden History Museum and Historic Park. Colton Snyder, History Colorado's paleontology ...

Scientists discovered the first-ever Dickinsonia fossil in India two years ago, changing our understanding of how the continent came to be. Now, new research shows the 'fossil' was just a beehive all ...

For decades, students at San Pedro High walked over millions of ancient fossils hidden beneath the concrete. During a recent construction project, workers discovered the massive collection, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fossils from Australia’s Talbragar beds reveal the oldest known midges in the Southern Hemisphere. (CREDIT: Gondwana Research) ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest known modern human fossil outside of Africa, estimated to be between 177,000 and 194,000 years old, according to a new study in the journal Science. The fossil of ...

In the wrap-up of “Objects of Wonder,” hundreds of the museum’s most treasured specimens are returning to the collection Jack Tamisiea “Objects of Wonder” features some of the museum’s most ...

Australopithecus prometheus or Australopithecus africanus? Though the question might sound simple, it isn't so straightforward for scientists, who have been stumped by the famous "Little Foot" fossil ...

AURORA, N.C. (WITN) - The North Carolina Fossil Festival took place this weekend in one Eastern Carolina Town, which now serves as a fundraiser for the town’s local fossil museum. “I love it probably ...

Plants range from simple seaweeds and single-celled pond scum, through to mosses, ferns and huge trees. Paleontologists like us have long debated exactly how this diverse range of shapes and sizes ...