A new study of ancient fossil trails pushes the origins of complex life deeper into Earth’s history, before the Cambrian Period began.

Welcome to Falling Waters State Park in Chipley, where Florida’s tallest waterfall plunges 73 dramatic feet into a cylindrical limestone sinkhole, then vanishes completely underground like nature’s ...

A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought. By analyzing ancient ...

Fossils are so common in Pennsylvania Bluestone that Glass often points out prehistoric plant fragments and ancient tide ...

Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have ...

The “Bisti Beast,” a 70-million-year-old fossil skull of a species of tyrannosaur, was discovered in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness. It is now on display at the New Mexico Museum of Natural ...

Paleontologists have identified a new ancient reptile from the Solnhofen limestone slabs, thanks to a chance discovery. A Ph.D. student recently found the counterpart of the original fossil at the ...

In the dense forest near Gréasque, a small commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of southern France, scientists have ...

May 29, 2025 — The fossils of ancient salamander-like creatures in Scotland are among the most well-preserved examples of early stem tetrapods -- some of the first animals to make the transition ...