The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds.

Microscopic magnetic fossils found in North Atlantic seafloor sediments may represent components of an internal "GPS system" ...

Over 500 million years ago, the Cambrian Period sparked an explosion of skeletal creativity. Salterella, a peculiar fossil, ...

A remarkable fossil from Brazil unveils Tainrakuasuchus bellator, a medium-sized predator from the Middle Triassic. This ...

A chemist explores why the fossilized shells of ammonites, squid-like marine animals that vanished with the dinosaurs, are so ...

A lone tooth from Canada’s Hudson Bay region redefines the eastern limits of woolly mammoths and their migration history.

Scholars Andreas Malm and Wim Carton on how tech fixes to the climate crisis delay the confrontation with fossil capital.

Research on fossils reveals that ankylosaurs’ iconic tail weapons evolved much earlier than scientists had previously believed. The world’s most unusual dinosaur is even stranger than scientists ...

In the badlands of eastern Wyoming, the Lance Formation is a trove of prehistoric fossils. And one area in particular — a region less than 10 kilometers (6 miles) across — has provided scientists with ...

These activities use trilobites as a case study in evolution, connecting how fossils form with other topics in the primary science curriculum. See Evolution across primary science for why this is ...

We clean up after polluters. How about cleaning up after they pollute our public discourse with climate misinformation?