A newly identified fossil ape from northern Egypt is reshaping ideas about where the ancestors of modern apes first emerged.

A fossil from the age of dinosaurs is challenging long-held ideas about snakes. According to scientists, the discovery ...

Around 80 million years ago, a stretch of tropical coastline in what is now northeastern Italy was lashed by monsoon rains ...

A rare 3D snake fossil from Brazil reveals specialized features for burrowing, offering new evidence of how diverse snakes ...

Calculating a fossil's position throughout geological history is a complex process. In paleontology and other disciplines, ...

Spectacular marine fossils tell the story of the long-gone Western Interior Seaway and the planet’s past aquatic life ...

Until now, the earliest known instance of human interest in ichthyosaurs was in 1699, but a peculiar discovery pushes that timeline way back—all the way to the Roman era. Around the third quarter of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fossils from ancient Australian seas suggest early eukaryotes depended on oxygen and lived mainly on the seafloor. (CREDIT: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient platypus fossils from South Australia reveal a toothed species with a body plan close to today's platypus. (CREDIT: Gen ...

The evolution of early snakes has always been something of a mystery. But peering into the brain of an ancient fossil may ...

Millions of years ago, South Dakota was covered by a vast inland sea. This ancient seaway supported diverse marine life, ...

These new fossils prove that this botanical lineage was established in India millions of years before the arrival of humans.