A fossil smaller than a human fingernail has revealed a complete ancient brain, turning a speck of stone into a detailed map ...

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

A fossilized larva dating back over half a billion years has been discovered with its brain, digestive system, and nerve ...

Sixty-five miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones movie breaks up the flat, monotone landscape. Consisting of shale, sandstone and rocks from an old coal ...

Some feathered dinosaurs may have lost the ability to fly, revealing that the evolution of flight was far more complex than ...

Fossils can reveal far more than the shapes of ancient creatures. Molecules preserved inside old animal bones provide clues about past diseases, what those animals ate, and the climates they lived in.

Learn how rare fossil feathers preserved molting patterns, revealing new findings of dinosaur flight.

A small dinosaur discovered, Pulaosaurus qinglong, had seeds in its stomach and a “vocal box,” revealing how dinosaurs might have sounded.

A 70 million year old dinosaur egg from China stunned scientists when it revealed glittering crystals inside, raising new ...

Two tiny pterosaurs, preserved for 150 million years, have revealed a surprising cause of death: violent storms. Researchers at the University of Leicester discovered both hatchlings, nicknamed Lucky ...

The fish were found with hot glass in their gills, likely from flaming debris. The discovery of a fossilized fish may offer a glimpse into the day an asteroid hit the earth and wiped dinosaurs off the ...