New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding ...

For the more than 242 million years that lizards and snakes appear in the fossil record, they show up mostly as pieces of ...

Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis ichthyosaur species found in Germany shows rare preservation and injuries linked to deep diving ...

In Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, researchers uncovered a remarkably complete fossil of a dome-headed dinosaur that lived 108 million years ago. Nicknamed the “precious one,” this teenage pachycephalosaur is ...

These are the points at which diagnostic traits first appear in the fossil record. For this reason, these later dates are ...

A fragment of ancient reptile skin discovered in an Oklahoma cave is changing what scientists know about early life on land.

Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier ...

A newly discovered fossil in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert has revealed the oldest and most complete pachycephalosaur ever found, ...

Researchers have identified a new ichthyosaur species from the Jurassic era. A team of researchers from Switzerland and ...

The fossil of a new species of Jurassic reptile, understood to be an ancient ancestor to lizards and snakes, has been ...

Scientists found ancient bees and linden flowers fossilized together, showing pollination existed 24 million years ago.

Mcwane Science Center recently collected a new fossil that tells us more about the ancient climates of Alabama and how our ...