Fossils are rare because their formation and discovery depend on chains of ecological and geological events that occur over deep time. Only a small fraction of the primates that have ever lived ...

Although dinosaurs lived many millions of years ago, we know that they existed because some of them turned into fossils when they died. Watch our animation to discover how this happened, and explore ...

Fossil fuels are a finite resource, meaning that they cannot be replaced once extracted from the ground. In 2015, 80 per cent of energy consumed in the world came from fossil fuels. In early 2018 ...

A complete Plesiopterys wildi fossil unearthed in southern Germany is offering new insight into the early diversification of ...

While preparing to build a power substation next to a Utah residential subdivision, a prehistoric field of dinosaur and other ...

Weeks said, "The fossils showed close similarities to others ... equivalent to the Westbury Formation of the surrounding area. "We were excited when we started finding reptile bones alongside ...

A remarkably complete plesiosaur fossil found in southern Germany is shedding light on the early evolution of these iconic ...

The fossils were found in a geological formation of the early Cretaceous Period (about 110 million years ago) in Tanbasasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, which forms part of the Sasayama Group.

which is called the Haraichi Formation of the Annaka Group. “It is quite uncommon for so many fossils to be found so close to each other,” Kimura said. “This is yet more proof that Gunma ...