Miners Looking for Ammonite Stumble on Rare Complete Fossils of 'Ocean Predators' From 100 Million Years Ago Evidence of ...

Lyme Regis is known as the " Pearl of Dorset " for a reason: it is consistently ranked as one of the UK’s best staycation ...

There are multiple fossils of this bird, including the oldest known fossil bird vocal organ ... for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with ammonites and plesiosaurs ...

Her world—100 million years ago in Myanmar—is not one of vast seas, towering mountains or broad deserts, but a damp and gnarled landscape of branches, trunks and leaves that provide a seemingly ...

The nautilus, a deep-sea cephalopod, is often called a “living fossil” due to its resemblance to ancient ammonites. With its spiral shell and jet propulsion swimming, the nautilus has remained ...

The researchers concluded that the tracks were likely carved into the sediment by prehistoric humans who were dragging a travois on the ground to transport items. White Sands National Park is home to ...

During large periods of Earth's geological history, huge swaths of the United Kingdom were immersed beneath a prehistoric sea. Fast forward to today, the U.K., with its iconic limestone cliffs ...

A new discovery in western India has stunned archaeologists and hinted at the existence of a previously unknown ancient civilization. According to the BBC, a pair of explorers found thousands of rock ...

As officials of the National Park Service cope with job cuts ordered by the Trump administration and confusion over whether future cutbacks will take place, Florissant Fossil Beds National ...

Dr. Thomas Rich, senior curator of vertebrate paleontology at Museums Victoria Research Institute, explains, “The findings not only expand Australia’s theropod fossil record but offer compelling ...