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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Newly found tiny marine reptile fossil from 245 million years ago shows astonishing longevity, reshaping paleontology. A remarkably preserved fossil unearthed in China offers scientists an unprecedented glimpse of a marine reptile that roamed the...

A rare 560-million-year-old Charnia fossil discovered in Arctic Norway offers unprecedented 3D anatomical insights into mysterious Ediacaran life forms. A fresh discovery in the Arctic wilderness of Norway has provided paleontologists with a rare...

A tiny 225‑million‑year‑old fossil reveals hidden details about the earliest ancestors of modern reptiles, prompting fresh scientific insights. A diminutive fossil jaw unearthed in southern Brazil is shedding light on a missing chapter of reptile...

Australian scientists reveal a 100‑million‑year‑old fossil showing three predators locked in a single final meal, a world‑first discovery. A remarkable fossil from near Richmond, Queensland, has captured a three‑level predator‑prey chain that unfolded...

A 99-million-year-old gecko trapped in amber reveals hidden tropical forest secrets scientists can’t usually see in fossils. A minuscule gecko encased in Myanmar amber for nearly 99 million years has offered researchers a glimpse of one of the earliest...

A rare dinosaur fossil discovered 473 meters underground in China’s Bayan Gobi Formation reveals new insights into Early Cretaceous species distribution. Geologists searching for copper deposits in northern China have stumbled upon a significant...