Crinoid fossils turn up by the millions, but this is just the second time that scientists have found one with soft tissues ...

Before the oldest dinosaur, before animals or even plants had expanded onto dry land, ancient relatives of starfish called ...

Museums are supposed to be havens for the collective cultural and scientific heritage of the planet, but specimens sometimes ...

A collection of fossil teeth from southern China is shedding new light on one of the biggest turning points in Earth’s ...

Dinosaur fossils are rare to find in Antarctica because of the unforgiving ice caps. But millions of years ago, the region ...

The marine rock around the fossil also suggests the animal likely ended up at sea after it died.

Researchers analyzed 200 fossil teeth from ancient mammals in China, revealing how they adapted and diversified after the ...

A rare dinosaur fossil, a tail bone from a long-necked, plant-eating titanosaur, has finally been identified decades after ...

Spiders are famous for the business end of their bodies, the sharp mouthparts that seize prey and help explain their ...

Discoveries from the Isle of Wight have unveiled ancient shellfish fossils that highlight early parental care practices.

A fossil that was sitting in a collection drawer for decades has been found to belong to the first dinosaur remains ever ...