A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a completely unknown form of multicellular life, according to a new study.

The discovery offers new insight into how fossils are preserved and how Earth naturally stores carbon over long periods of ...

How did soft-bodied organisms remain intact for millions of years?

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells ...

In the first of a new series, curator Dr Neil Adams shares the stories and science of the fossil mammal collection.

In 1958, an Australian teenager named Bruce Runnegar uncovered a mysterious dinosaur footprint during a visit to a quarry ...

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Turns out Toby’s new trick is thousands of years old. A pair of recently discovered fossils from Africa has immortalized a small critter’s 126,000-year-old butt-dragging habit, according to ...

The Texas Science and Natural History Museum has unveiled a major upgrade to its basement exhibit, transforming it into an ...

The most famous example of such exquisitely preserved Cambrian fossils is the Burgess Shale of Canada.