A fossilized creature found in a South African roadside quarry 25 years ago finally has an official name. The small, ...

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Why do some ancient animals become fossils while others disappear without a trace? A new study reveals that part of the answer lies in the body itself. The research shows that an animal's size and ...

The Indonesian coelacanth, a fish once thought to be extinct for 70 million years, was discovered alive in greater numbers ...

Between 252 and 66 million years ago, the ocean underwent a revolution. That's when plankton with calcium carbonate skeletons ...

Researchers have unearthed fossils of massive freshwater crayfish that once scuttled through the lakes of southern New ...

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Long thought extinct, sebecid fossils found in the Dominican Republic are rewriting what we know about ancient predators in ...

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A construction project at San Pedro High School in Los Angeles revealed nearly 9-million-year-old sea creature fossils buried ...

Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant - a winged insect with fearsome scythe-like jaws ...

In water as much as 4,200 feet deep the team from the Schmidt Ocean Institute found a surprisingly flourishing ecosystem that included icefish, giant sea spiders, octopus, corals and sponges.