Scientists identify a mysterious limestone boulder find in Alabama as a fossilized ancient turtle, revealing a hidden piece of Earth’s distant past. During a routine fishing outing on a southern Alabama riverbank in 2021, the Coleman family uncovered a...

Free State has reignited a debate over whether Indigenous San artists may have depicted an extinct animal after seeing fossil remains, or whether the image belongs to a long‑standing spiritual tradition. Researchers agree that the panel alone cannot...

Scientists discover a fossil bee in Japan’s ancient sediment, shedding light on a long‑lost chapter of bee evolution. Researchers have unveiled a 2.8‑ to 2.2‑million‑year‑old bee fossil from Japan that fills a missing chapter in the lineage of modern...

New research shows how dismantling fossil fuel dependence through human rights law can protect planetary health and stop systemic corporate extractivism. Fossil fuel extraction and its sprawling industrial networks drive planetary crises that extend...

A 324-million-year-old insect fossil reveals an amphibious life stage, showing how early ancestors retained aquatic features before evolving six legs. A 324-million-year-old fossil discovered in western Texas is reshaping our understanding of how...

A 7,000‑lb fossil dubbed “Medusa” may hold intact skin and soft tissue beneath its sandstone shell, offering rare insight into ancient life. A coalition of geoscientists and Winona State University alumni unearthed a 66‑million‑year‑old Edmontosaurus...

A fossil hidden in a backyard wall for decades has revealed a long-lost chapter of life that existed well before the age of dinosaurs. A remarkable fossil, accidentally unearthed decades ago within a suburban garden retaining wall, has unveiled a...

A fossil collected by a teenager in 1958 has finally been identified, revealing a prehistoric discovery that experts say changes everything we knew. A fossilized footprint recovered from a Brisbane quarry nearly seven decades ago has been officially...

discussion about where the hominine branch of the ape family first emerged. Dated to roughly 8.7 million years ago, the fossil includes much of the facial skeleton, upper dentition and braincase, offering an unusually complete glimpse of a late‑Miocene...

New study of a 400‑million‑year‑old giant fossil reveals Prototaxites was not a fungus but a distinct, extinct lineage of complex organisms. A fresh analysis of a 407‑million‑year‑old fossil from Scotland suggests that the iconic Silurian‑Devonian...

A newly discovered Mexican fossil axolotl offers the country’s oldest record of the genus and uncovers surprising clues about its early evolution. Paleontologists have uncovered a fossil salamander from central Mexico that pushes back the record of the...

New Chinese fossil teeth reveal early mammal evolution in the first million years after the dinosaurs’ extinction. A new assemblage of fossil teeth recovered from southern China is reshaping our understanding of a pivotal moment in Earth’s history. By...

Queensland fossil shows a Cretaceous feeding chain: a pterosaur trapped in an ichthyosaur, later preyed on by a pliosaur, unveiling rare predator‑prey insights. The recent analysis of a fossil from the ancient Eromanga Sea—once stretching across what...

Long thought to be a milestone in land evolution, the fossil known as Lizzie has finally revealed its hidden secrets through advanced imaging technology. A seminal Scottish fossil long revered as the earliest known land-dwelling amniote has undergone a...

Australian micro‑fossil reveals a hidden discovery that stunned scientists after millions of years of preservation. A fragmentary jaw recovered from Queensland’s Riversleigh World Heritage Area has reshaped the evolutionary story of Australia’s...

A remarkable new fossil discovery in the Norwegian Arctic has finally revealed the identity of a mysterious creature that left marks on the ancient seafloor. Paleontologists have uncovered a remarkable 560-million-year-old fossil in a remote sheep...

Park State Recreation Area that has left experts stunned. While scouring the park’s limestone deposits for common crinoids—fossilized sea lilies—young Leo Youngdahl uncovered a specimen that had not been documented in the state for over half a century....

Scientists uncover the earliest Antarctic dinosaur fossil—a tiny tailbone hidden for 40 years in a Cambridge collection. During a 1985 British Antarctic Survey mission on James Ross Island, a fossil was collected but never received a definitive...

New Cambrian fossil reveals the oldest spider‑fang precursor, offering a rare glimpse into the earliest hunting adaptations of predators. Using high‑resolution X‑ray tomography, a team of paleontologists has visualized soft‑tissue structures in a...

New Brazilian fossil snake shows early snakes split habitats: some went underground, others thrived elsewhere, shedding light on snake origins. A new fossil of the extinct stem snake Tametara mirim provides an unprecedented glimpse into the brain...