Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was ...

Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was ...

Found at the Sima del Elefante site in the Atapuerca Mountains, the fossils make up a partial skull comprised of the left side of the face of an adult hominin. The mineralized bones are the ...

Some of the oldest mammoth fossils have been hidden in the permafrost for centuries. Today the permafrost is rapidly thawing as a result of climate change, and fossils are washing into the Adycha ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Fossil evidence indicates that tropical riparian ecosystems recovered rapidly after the end-Permian mass extinction, which occurred around 252 million years ago ...

According to a new study, Walton-on-the-Naze is the best place to find fossils in the U.K. The resort town is filled with shark teeth, fossilized wood, and ancient plant artifacts. Places such as ...

The fossils were unearthed in the upper Strzelecki Group (Bunurong/Boonwurrung Country, Bass Coast, ~121.4–118 million years ago) and the Eumeralla Formation (Eastern Marr Country, Otway Coast ...

This was the Early Cretaceous, and lush forests filled with dinosaurs dominated the landscape. We still find traces of these animals in Victoria's fossil record. Most of the dinosaur fossils found in ...

Fossils newly unearthed in southeastern Australia have upended long-held assumptions about dinosaur evolution, revealing the world’s oldest known megaraptorid and the first confirmed evidence of ...

Known as “living fossils,” these creatures have barely changed over millions of years and continue to prove just how tough they are. Their ability to survive and adapt is nothing short of amazing.

Hundreds of animals met their deaths in its depths, and their remains were eventually entombed in sediment. In 2022, two hobbyist fossil hunters diving in the Steinhatchee River stumbled upon this ...