In a forbidding Wyoming desert, scientists and fortune hunters search for the surprisingly intact remains of horses and other ...

Examination of a set of Tharsis fossils has revealed to researchers a possible cause of death for some of these creatures. This shocking cause of death was swallowing belemnites (squid-like ...

An extraordinary fossil bed in the arid grasslands of the Australian continent, called McGraths Flat, really is the Lagerstätte that keeps on giving. Just a few years after uncovering a trove of ...

Scientists uncovered a 310-million-year-old fish fossil with a “tongue bite,” teeth on the roof and floor of its mouth that worked like a second jaw. This adaptation, previously thought to have ...

Chinese scientists have recently discovered fossils of a new species of ancient ray-finned fish that lived about 244 million ...

CT scan of the front of a skate, showing the hard, tooth-like denticles on its skin (shown in orange). Credit: Yara Haridy CT scan of the front of a skate, showing the hard, tooth-like denticles on ...

In an exciting first, an Australian team of scientists identified a new species of freshwater fish that swam in nearby waters over 15 million years ago, offering fresh insights into Australia’s ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Paleontology is an exciting field, loved by many for its discoveries about past life on Earth. Fossils uncovered by paleontologists can provide clues about what extinct species looked like, how they ...

Discover one of Illinois’ most unexpected adventures: a former coal mine turned fossil-hunting hotspot with ancient finds, ...