The world's oldest octopus fossil is no longer an octopus. A new study by researchers says the 300-million-year-old creature ...

For more than 25 years, a small, soft-bodied fossil pulled from an Illinois coal mine held a remarkable title: the world’s ...

A newly discovered ape ancestor in Egypt suggests great apes may have evolved beyond East Africa, reshaping understanding of ...

It is not every day you get to walk through an Ohio park knowing the ground beneath your feet was once part of an ancient sea ...

Some of the most ancient fossils collected to date were traced back to the Ediacaran period. This is the time interval ranging from around 635 to 541 million years ago, shortly before the time when ...

A Texas paleontologist has made a discovery that could re-write what scientists know about prehistoric life in the state. In ...

In the aftermath of Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event, one unlikely survivor rose to dominate a shattered world: ...

Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes. Remarkably preserved fossil specimens show they could see the world using four camera-type eyes, reshaping our understanding of how ...

A badly mangled dinosaur skull, once forgotten in a drawer, turned out to be a rare and important discovery. Reconstructed by ...

At Rockport State Recreation Area, visitors can explore a fossil filled quarry and look for ancient remains that date back more than 400 million years.

Thousands of years ago, an owl’s messy leftovers became prime real estate for some very determined bees. Deep inside a cave ...