Dating back to the age of dinosaurs, the Yixian fossils remained untouched until the 1980s, when local villagers unearthed extraordinarily well-preserved creatures. This sparked a fossil “gold rush,” ...

Between about 120 million and 130 million years ago, during the age of dinosaurs, temperate forests and lakes hosted a lively ...

"You never know unless you look," said Jayson Kowinsky, a high school physics teacher from Pittsburgh who, while sifting around in the New Jersey dirt, found a fossil that helped fill out the puzzle ...

Researchers have unearthed fossils of reptiles and frogs in India's Deccan plateau, dating back approximately 66.8 million ...

Explore the fascinating discovery of fossils from reptiles and frogs in India, dating back to the time of the Deccan volcanic eruptions, and their role in the extinction of dinosaurs and the emergence ...

A team of paleontologists have discovered a fossil in northwestern Colorado that reveals a new kind of mammal that lived ...

Paleontologists have discovered fossils of Heleocola piceanus, a swamp-dwelling mammal that lived around 75 million years ago ...

Million-Year-Old Firefly-Like Fossil Trapped in Amber, Scientists Reveal It Is Unexpected New Species From Dinosaur Era A fossil from the late Mesozoic period was discovered in Myanmar, containing an ...

New research suggests that the breakup of Pangea led to an unexpected cooling event, paving the way for dinosaurs to thrive ...

Evolutionary biologists report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird -- which they say could be the largest known member of its kind -- providing new information about ...