You will learn about how one fossil fuel formed thousands of feet below parts of the US. Fossil fuels formed millions of years ago. Different kinds of coals, oils and natural gases formed as dead ...

CNN — Spiders are not well represented in the fossil record. Their soft external skeletons don't typically preserve well -- except at a few exceptional sites around the world. There is one remarkable ...

In a remarkable discovery, three school kids uncovered a rare juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex fossil while hiking in North Dakota, sparking significant interest in the paleontological community. This ...

A 242-million-year-old fossil from Devon reveals unexpected skull and tooth features in one of the earliest lepidosaurs. A newly discovered fossil from Devon has provided rare insight into the ...

It resembles a speck of mud on a wafer of black shale, something you might be tempted to scrape off with your fingernail. But the latest discovery by UNLV researchers is no small thing. When viewed ...

A fingertip-sized fossil uncovered in Montana revealed a tiny crocodile species. This unexpected find reshaped croc evolution ...

The three fossil specimens (from left to right), Avisaurus darwini, Avisaurus sp., and Magnusavis ekalakaensis, all of which are represented by a tarsometatarsus. They are all shown to scale with one ...

Hollywood has used artistic license to take some liberties with dinosaurs, but new research may expose what these prehistoric ...

Fossils can be found all across the Earth. The fossilized bones and shells of ancient organisms has helped us understand the evolution and history of life on Earth. While fossils are relatively common ...