A rare 3D snake fossil from Brazil reveals specialized features for burrowing, offering new evidence of how diverse snakes ...

A newly identified fossil ape from northern Egypt is reshaping ideas about where the ancestors of modern apes first emerged.

Ancient tiny fossils from Australia may carry evidence of great power: the ability to make oxygen through photosynthesis. The fossilized bacteria, dating from 1.73 billion to 1.78 billion years ago, ...

By Will Dunham July 23 (Reuters) - Snakes first appeared during the age of dinosaurs, but fossils of many early species are ...

Mosasaur fossils excavated in Osaka in the 1990s and stored for 30 years include a bone which may represent a new species entirely.

Scientists in Brazil identified marine worms that made at least some trace fossil burrows called Bifungites. By Priyanka Runwal If you know where to look, you can find dumbbell-shaped fossils in rock ...

Imagine this. You’re in high school, sitting in your science class, and your teacher drops the ultimate "What did you do this weekend?" flex. “Oh, no big deal,” he says. “Just uncovered some ...

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Fossil leaves found in Assam push Kevda's history back twenty-four million years. These ancient plants survived dramatic ...

A mislabelled fossil, forgotten and sitting in a museum drawer for decades is actually more special than previously thought. The skull fossil belongs to an ancient species of saber-toothed cat that ...

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Psephomancy, the antique Greek art of divination by plucking pebbles from a heap, is today a $2,500,000-a-year study of the U.S. oil industry. Its present name is micropaleontology, and its new ...