More than 539 million years ago, soft, clarinet-shaped animals anchored themselves to the seafloor on disc-shaped bases, swaying alongside stalked animals resembling worms and baskets. These ...

Find out more about Body Fossils and Trace Fossils. Fossils can be categorized in two basic types: body fossils and trace fossils. Body fossils help scientists learn what plants and animals looked ...

WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - A remarkable assemblage of fossils from China is revealing that animal life diversified in Earth's primordial seas millions of years earlier than previously known, with ...

Fossils from giant tortoises, armadillos and other Ice Age-era species challenge previous assumptions about the region’s ...

How does a fossil go from being in the ground to on display? What do paleontologists do? How does a fossil go from being in the ground to on display in a museum? Learn the process and all the ...

From feathered dinosaurs to frozen mammoths, fossils keep upending science with discoveries that rewrite the history of life. National Fossil Day is not just about admiring dinosaur skeletons or ...

If you trace the animal family tree back through the fossil record, the trail usually goes cold about 539 million years ago. Before this boundary—the start of the famous Cambrian explosion—multicelled ...

Imagine you’re walking to work when you unwittingly make a massive contribution to science. That was the experience for a Southern California science teacher who discovered a never-before-seen whale ...

The sale of a Triceratops fossil for $5.55 million is the latest in a list of dinosaur specimens fetching colossal fees in ...

Among some of the most spectacular fossils unearthed are those found in strange locations, and new research is now showing ...

Julien Benoit receives funding from DSTI-NRF GENUS (Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences) and African Origins Platform. Emese M Bordy receives funding from DSTI-NRF GENUS (Centre of Excellence in ...

The new range of sets from Science Museum and British Fossils provides scientific rigour and educational value. The Science Museum has expanded its licensed product portfolio with the launch at Spring ...