Researchers recently discovered a huge chain of extinct volcanoes buried deep below South China that formed when two tectonic ...

The results reveal how so many herbivores were able to coexist. Not only did they survive by eating different levels of the ...

Since the beginning of Earth's history, tiny particles of rock and metal from space have been hitting our planet. On clear ...

Paleontologists named the worm Kraytdraco spectatus, for its resemblance to a Star Wars monster. They say it sheds light on ...

A new analysis of an exquisitely preserved fossil that lived half a billion years ago suggests that arachnids—spiders and ...

Since 1979, Dinosaur Provincial Park has provided paleontologists with troves of fossilized remains, mostly in the form of ...

Rocks found along the Colorado River in Arizona turned out to contain fossilized fragments of soft-bodied creatures, ...

Could our location in space be skewing cosmic measurements? A new study suggests a giant void may explain the Hubble tension.

Shri rapax had bigger claws and potentially a stronger bite than its Hollywood relative. But paleontologists still don’t know ...

New research shows spiders didn’t come from the Earth’s land habitats as once believed but originated in ancient seas.

The fossil was found in a remote bonebed packed with prehistoric treasures. Led by Smithsonian paleontologist Ben Kligman, the team uncovered more than 1,200 fossils from a time when strange ...

Advanced imaging techniques allowed the research team to identify key anatomical features in the fossilized remains of the ...