The extremely well-preserved ammonite - believed to be between 100 to 105 million years-old - has been discovered on the Isle ...

Opalized ammonite fossils are some of the most unique and spectacular paleontological specimens. They were formed through a geological process known as opalization, wherein organic material from ...

Fossilised ammonite shells can be found all around the world, including on parts of Britain's coastline. But if you can't get to a beach to find some, why not start your own collection from home?

A "stunning" and well-preserved ammonite fossil — believed to be between 100 to 105 million-years-old — has been discovered on the Isle of Wight. Fossil collector Jack Wonfor, 24, and his 12-year-old ...

Ammonites were shelled cephalopods that died out about 66 million years ago. Fossils of them are found all around the world, sometimes in very large concentrations. The often tightly wound shells of ...

It’s fun to conceptualise like this, and set the human story within the grand perspective of Earth’s history. But there’s a ...

Scientists have made an exciting discovery—a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica is the oldest known modern bird.

A new study by Ohio University found an important fossil of the oldest known modern bird, which lived in Antarctica when ...

Misaki was a graduate student at Kyoto University at the time. He said he stumbled upon the fossil while searching for ammonite fossils for his doctoral thesis. “I have been researching fossils ...

Learn more about Vegavis iaai, an ancient ancestor of modern-day ducks, and one of the earliest modern birds ever discovered.