Learn about a 480-million-year-old leech fossil that revealed that ancient leeches didn’t have the biological components ...

A newly described fossil reveals that leeches are at least 200 million years older than scientists previously thought, and ...

Lead author Dr Roger Benson says the fossil may show that snake ancestors were very different to what we expected ...

At 11 feet (3.4m) tall and nearly 27 feet (8.2m) long, Cooper’s pointy-backed herbivore – affectionately known as Apex – is ...

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Ancient poop fossils preserved molecules thanks to iron carbonate, revealing hidden details of prehistoric ecosystems.

Scientists discovered chemical fossils in ancient rocks that suggest sea sponges were among the first animals to live on Earth.

Researchers used sophisticated scanning and digital reconstruction techniques to determine the original shape of the skull, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived long ago. But the oldest DNA obtained so far dates back ...

Chemical fossils from 635-million-year-old rocks suggest sponges were among Earth’s first animals, reshaping the story of early life.

Ancient fossils were stolen from Death Valley National Park recently, citing a need to curb vandalism and theft at national parks. Fossil footprints that scientists say are three to five million years ...

A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth ...