In an exciting first, an Australian team of scientists identified a new species of freshwater fish that swam in nearby waters ...

An environmental science professor and paleontologist has spent his career collecting Devonian Age marine invertebrate ...

A recent study published in Quaternary Research describes the discovery and identification of possible aardvark tracks and ...

Jay Damm hunting fossils at Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area leads the note package around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Cerapodans were small, plant-eating dinosaurs that scampered around on two legs. Come the Cretaceous, the fossil record tells ...

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

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient ...

Scientists have discovered a rare fossil of a giant, venomous scorpion that lived 125 million years ago, offering new insights into ancient ecosystems.

Chinese scientists have found a 125-million-year-old venomous scorpion fossil in northeast China. The discovery, made by ...

Scientists in Australia have made an exciting discovery—a 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish that not only provides clues about ancient life but also has preserved stomach contents and ...

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