The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

In a startling flip-flop on our perspectives on ancient civilisations, scientists have discovered baby dinosaur fossils ...

Over 150 years ago, a fossilized organism known as Prototaxites emerged as an enigma regarding what early land life may have ...

Giant mystery fossil reveals secrets of whole new form of life that no longer exists - Prototaxites belonged to an ‘entirely extinct evolutionary branch of life‘ ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines ...

Sensitive hearing may have evolved in mammal ancestors far earlier than scientists once believed. By modeling how sound moved ...

The legendary “Little Foot” fossil may be an entirely new human ancestor. An international team of scientists led by researchers from La Trobe University in Australia and the University of Cambridge ...

The president’s assaults on wind and solar projects could become a playbook for disrupting fossil fuel plans in the future.

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

In a case of mistaken identity, fossils from two whales were disguised as the backbones of a woolly mammoth. The fossilized remains were kept at a museum for decades before closer investigations ...

A new Ember report finds India is electrifying its economy faster than China did at a similar income level, while using far ...