New research at the University of Leicester has transformed scientists' understanding of how spectacular fossils with delicate soft tissues form. While most fossils are permineralized "hard" tissues, ...

Stored in an open-air warehouse in tropical Darwin, Australia, are dozens of trays containing cylindrical cores of rock. They ...

Bizarre, mangled fossils in Ireland were likely deformed by superheated fluids that burst out from below Earth's crust around 300 million years ago. The superhot fluids were released when the planet's ...

New research has transformed scientists' understanding of how spectacular fossils with delicate soft tissues form. New research at the University of Leicester has transformed scientists' understanding ...

Colombian researcher María Camila Vallejo-Pareja with a frog from Wyoming seen in the field looking for microvertebrate fossils. Colombian researcher María Camila Vallejo-Pareja is using fossil frogs ...

Some fossils answer old questions. Others create far bigger ones. Few fossil discoveries are as unsettling to scientists as the ones that refuse to fit established categories. That is exactly why ...

What do fossilized leaves, an asteroid, and Florida sinkholes have in common? Dr. Kirk Johnson oversees one of the largest natural history collections on the planet, and he has the answers. He’s spent ...

Millions of years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth, leaving behind mysteries that are still buried deep beneath the ground in the form of fossils. And when these fossils are discovered by scientists and ...

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization.Related video above: Human skeletons and other treasures found in the ancient city ...