Fossils

Paleontologists are getting a glimpse at life over a billion years in the past based on chemical traces in ancient rocks and the genetics of living animals. Research published Dec. 1 in…

Shattered crocodile. Formally, Confractosuchus. It was discovered in Australia when a bulldozer clearing a boulder broke a stone into pieces. Exposed portions of the broken-up rock…

Every bird you've ever seen -- every robin, every pigeon, every penguin at the zoo -- is a living dinosaur. Birds are the only group of dinosaurs that survived the asteroid-induced mass…

A team led by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin has filled a major gap in the state's fossil record -- describing the first known Jurassic vertebrate fossils in Texas. The…

A tiger-sized saber-toothed creature called Inostrancevia has previously only been found in Russia. But scientists have discovered its fossils in South Africa, suggesting that it migrated…

New fossils in amber have revealed that beetles fed on the feathers of dinosaurs about 105 million years ago, showing a symbiotic relationship of one-sided or mutual benefit, according to an…

Scientists have described a new species of bat based on the oldest bat skeletons ever recovered. The study on the extinct bat, which lived in Wyoming about 52 million years ago, supports the…

The smallest of newly found fossils can upend what paleontologists know about our history. A team of paleontologists from Virginia Tech and the U.S. Petrified Forest National Park, among…

Long before its designation as a UNESCO City of Gastronomy, Tucson was a town that loved to rock ... or at least loved its rocks.Since the first Tucson Gem and Mineral Show…

Gas stoves are so hot right now. A recent report found that emissions from gas cooktops are worsening both the environmental crisis and the health of the humans who use them. This knowledge…