A new study from the University of Missouri reveals how the remarkable fossil preservation at Mazon Creek recorded a wide ...

In a recent study by Dr. Sofia Patrocínio and her colleagues, published in Papers in Palaeontology, a new specimen of ...

The fossils at the Mazon Creek site are so abundant and so well-preserved that researchers can reconstruct a detailed ...

Ancient predators once thought to be squids are now linked to arrow worms. The discovery highlights unexpectedly advanced ...

A new long-necked marine reptile, Plesionectes longicollum, has been identified from a decades-old fossil found in Germany’s ...

Paleontologists in Germany have described a never-before-seen species of Jurassic marine reptile from 183 million years ago.

In Donkey Kong Bananza, the Freezer Layer is a chilly layer full of zebras, sweet treats, and fossils. There are three types ...

A newly discovered 16-million-year-old fossil of an elusive “dirt ant” preserved in Dominican amber has stunned scientists and reshaped our understanding of ant evolution. The study, published in the ...

“Preserved blood vessel structures, like we have found in Scotty’s rib bone, appear linked to areas where the bone was healing,” says study co-author Mauricio Barbi, a physicist at the University of ...

Named Plesionectes longicollum, which translates to “long-necked near-swimmer,” the animal is part of the plesiosauroids, a ...

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have unearthed thousands of microscopic fossils from the iconic Canyon, ...

A treasure trove of exceptionally preserved early animals from more than half a billion years ago has been discovered in the ...