Rare evidence about the lives of an ancient group of arthropods has been uncovered in the U.S. The findings of the study are ...

Scientists discovered that crabs eat young crown-of-thorns starfish, reducing their population before they damage coral reefs ...

With a trove of fossils from 447-437 million years ago, Anticosti Island in Quebec boasts spectacular hikes through canyons ...

Rare evidence about cyclidan crustaceans has been uncovered in the USA, revealing more about how they behaved.

Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — and who test the outer bounds of legality.

It’s hard to imagine that some creatures on Earth have survived for millions of years. While many species have come and gone, ...

When water temperatures rise to 60 degrees and level off after the last cold snaps of winter, the coastline welcomes ...

Environmentalists warn of the threat to endangered horseshoe crabs in Balasore due to destructive fishing practices and lack ...

The lack of information left elected representatives and former NOAA officials scrambling to understand how the cuts would affect everything from blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay to space weather ...

Like the flickering special effects in the 1960 version of H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine," past ages unspool around us — if ...

That's a pretty good quality to have when you're the director of paleontology at Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison — and fossils are literally your job. Now Atwater has written a kids' book about fossils, ...

Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” ...