Our ancient four-legged ancestors didn't have an amphibian-like life cycle when they began walking on land, according to a ...

Our ancient four-legged ancestors didn't have an amphibian-like life cycle when they began walking on land, according to a ...

Fossil fragments suggest the Praearcturus gigas scorpion had a body about one metre long.

A team of Moroccan researchers has identified a new species of trace fossil left by trilobites roughly 360 million years ago in the eastern Anti-Atlas mountains. The study was published online ...

Lichens were already widespread more than 410 million years ago, according to a new international study that identifies a fossil from Brazil as one of the oldest lichen in Earth's history. The team ...

Flinders University researchers have taken a revealing look inside the head of one of the first animals to crawl from the water to live on land more than 380 million years ago. Using high-tech neutron ...

Researchers at the Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa in southern Brazil have identified a previously unknown species of ...

Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction -- and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, 'groundbreaking' new fossil research reveals. The discovery ...

One of only two sites like it in the country, the Devonian Fossil Gorge was uncovered in 1993, when floodwaters ripped out a campground that sat on top of what is now the gorge. When the waters ...

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