Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that were ...

A Ph.D. student took to TikTok to debunk a false claim that nuclear energy involves burning fossil fuels. Ms. Nuclear ...

A single deposit has produced a wealth of fossils revealing the late Triassic ecosystem, where giant amphibians cohabited ...

The team named the new pterosaur species Eotephradactylus mcintireae. The generic name means ‘ash-winged dawn goddess’ and references the site’s volcanic ash and the animals’ position near the base of ...

Paleontologists know the bone bed as PFV 393. The late fossil preparator Bill Amaral found the site in 2011 on a field trip ...

From what the researchers were able to gather, the new species of pterosaur—dubbed Eotephradactylus mcintireae after Suzanne ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of ...

Monument Rocks Chalk Pyramids in Kansas offer one of the best fossil hunting experiences in the Midwest. Explore ancient sea ...

The geology, fossils and human stories of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument are part of a common geologic heritage.

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...