Advanced CT imaging of rare Devonian lungfish fossils in Australia and China is revealing unexpected anatomical details.

For over a century, the scientific literature has credited western missionaries with "discovering" fossils in Lesotho, the small, mountainous country surrounded by South Africa. Subscribe to our ...

The Bridgewater Public Library will host a talk by "Fossil Daddy" from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18.

Imagine you’re walking to work when you unwittingly make a massive contribution to science. That was the experience for a Southern California science teacher who discovered a never-before-seen whale ...

Recent analysis of two fossils from Australia, estimated to be about 50,000 years old, suggests that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for their meat, ...

In the first of a new series, curator Dr Neil Adams shares the stories and science of the fossil mammal collection.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists believe they’ve deduced why prehistoric Ediacara Biota fossils have remained preserved for millions of years. The fossils of these ...

Scientists reclassified a long-misunderstood fossil from Brazil as a new genus, Franscinella riograndensis. Using advanced microscopy, they discovered spores preserved in situ—a rare find that links ...

Turns out Toby’s new trick is thousands of years old. A pair of recently discovered fossils from Africa has immortalized a small critter’s 126,000-year-old butt-dragging habit, according to ...

The most famous example of such exquisitely preserved Cambrian fossils is the Burgess Shale of Canada.

Julien Benoit receives funding from DSTI-NRF GENUS (Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences) and African Origins Platform. Emese M Bordy receives funding from DSTI-NRF GENUS (Centre of Excellence in ...