The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

The Chipmunk Shark was believed to have swam along the ocean floor that is said to have covered much of central Kentucky ...

Using the principle of faunal succession, if an unidentified fossil is found in the same rock layer as an index fossil, the two species must have existed during the same period of time (Figure 4).

Wind turbine blades will become fossils due to their durable materials. Scientists call these "technofossils." ...

A paleontologist describes how he unearthed a 100-million-year-old dinosaur footprint on a beach in England. The "massive" ...

Mudstone, shale, and limestone are examples of sedimentary rock likely to contain fossils. As the layers of sediment build up on top of one another, they create a physical timeline. The oldest layers, ...

In the shadow of the appropriately named Fossil Ridge Intermediate School, there is a race against time to uncover ...

The St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site is starting a new dig in an area where dinosaur bones were previously found, and ...

The fossils come from an inland rock layer that was last exposed in the UK more than 100 years ago and represented a unique opportunity to collect fossils from a time when this part of the country was ...