That's the number of specimens—including plants, animals, minerals, and human artifacts—curators estimate are held in the ...

A long-neglected fossil seems to show the evolutionary leap that let the ancestors of today’s many-legged arthropods crawl ...

Dinosaurs are among the most majestic and iconic animals to have ever walked on our planet. While they are now extinct, they ...

In a hillside in Yunnan province, southwest China, paleontologists have pulled more than 700 fossils from rock that is ...

Fossils reveal that there were at least two kinds of koala when humans first arrived in Australia, but one died out about ...

Giant, intelligent octopuses may have once ruled the ancient seas. Modern octopuses are known for their intelligence and ...

Well-preserved fossils of the oldest known species allowed researchers to find new information about the ancient animal.

Fossils and DNA reveal how climate change is shrinking the habitat of an Australian lizard and threatening its future ...

This Pennsylvania park offers a rare chance to hunt for fossils dating back 450 million years, making it a must-visit for ...

Beneath the dry farmland of New South Wales lies a hidden window into a lost rainforest teeming with life from 11-16 million ...