A fossil that appears to shine like gold has been quietly misleading scientists for decades. Found in black shale deposits in ...

A rare fossil discovery is shedding light on the “missing years” of early sponge evolution. Scientists found a ...

Though described as “uniquely sucky,” this fossil has overturned thinking on a murky period in prehistory – and you can even ...

In the aftermath of Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event, one unlikely survivor rose to dominate a shattered world: ...

From feathered dinosaurs to frozen mammoths, fossils keep upending science with discoveries that rewrite the history of life. National Fossil Day is not just about admiring dinosaur skeletons or ...

A newly discovered ape ancestor in Egypt suggests great apes may have evolved beyond East Africa, reshaping understanding of ...

Somewhere deep inside aging red giant stars, magnetic fields planted during stellar birth may still be humming. A study ...

The remains, discovered in 2023 and 2024, are incomplete, and made up of only a few jawbone fragments and worn teeth.

University of Chicago professor Paul Sereno hopes his space, Scitopia Chicago, inspires the next generation of scientists.

Imagine you’re walking to work when you unwittingly make a massive contribution to science. That was the experience for a Southern California science teacher who discovered a never-before-seen whale ...

How does a fossil go from being in the ground to on display? What do paleontologists do? How does a fossil go from being in the ground to on display in a museum? Learn the process and all the ...