Rocks found along the Colorado River in Arizona turned out to contain fossilized fragments of soft-bodied creatures, ...

Researchers have found an ancient shark fossil in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave, offering new insight into prehistoric marine ecosystems.

Paleontologists named the worm Kraytdraco spectatus, for its resemblance to a Star Wars monster. They say it sheds light on ...

Did prehistoric kangaroos run out of food? Dental records reveal a more diverse grazing diet than previously thought Date: January 16, 2025 Source: Flinders University Summary: Prehistoric ...

How it moved, though, is anyone’s guess, for no modern-­day animal resembles this bulbous critter. A fossil of a pleurocystitid, an extinct aquatic animal that lived some 450 million years ago.

Experts have put the normal extinction rate for the planet at between 0.1 and 1 species per 10,000 species/100 years. A mass extinction event is quite different.