Rare fossil finds show colossal octopuses were among the top ocean predators during the Cretaceous Period, according to a new ...

An amateur fossil hunter has found a rare fragment from the world's oldest marine crocodile during a guided walk along the ...

Rare 450-million-year-old fossil, Paleocanna tentaculum, that provides a clearer link between ancient cnidarians and modern ...

Canadian researchers studying 450-million-year-old fossils near Quebec City have identified a new species of basal-medusozoan ...

WINONA, Minn. (WKBT) — A 66-million-year-old dinosaur fossil with extraordinarily preserved skin and soft tissue has arrived at Winona State University, offering students and researchers a rare ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History has added a new, rare fossil to its collection: a dome-shaped skull of a Pachycephalosaurus, a type of dinosaur that lived about 67 million years ...

Scientists have discovered a rare, 520-million-year-old fossil with a highly unusual detail: its internal organs are preserved. The findings were published in Nature, a peer-reviewed scientific ...

Longtime fossil collector Barry Norbeck donated thousands of shells and other invertebrate fossils to the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, Md., on Jan. 9, 2026. Museum officials described the ...

A crushed skull reveals Ptychotherates bucculentus, a rare early dinosaur reshaping what we know about evolution before a ...

At Rockport State Recreation Area, visitors can explore a fossil filled quarry and look for ancient remains that date back more than 400 million years.

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China, scientists revealed Wednesday. The treasure trove of ...

Tiny dinosaur fossils that puzzled scientists for over 20 years have finally revealed their true identity. Rather than ...