A treasure trove of fossils from China shows that the Cambrian explosion may have been less explosive than scientists once ...

Jawbone fragments and teeth from a previously unknown species hint that the evolution of modern apes occurred in what's now ...

Essexella, a 310-million-year-old fossil sea anemone from Illinois. Credit: Papers in Palaeontology Billions of sea anemones adorn the bottom of the Earth's oceans—yet they are among the rarest of ...

New fossils suggest early apes originated in Africa, strengthening evidence that all modern apes trace their roots to the ...

Saber-toothed cats were the first fossils discovered at La Brea Tar Pits and are some of the most common fossils found in the ...

This study surveys the late Holocene vertebrate fossil record from Isla Floreana, Galápagos. Over 20,000 fossils from four lava tubes in the arid lowlands near Post Office Bay are associated with six ...