"The chances of finding one fossilized are practically zero," said one of the scientists who is researching the specimen ...

A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human evolution from her spot on the family tree.

Dr Mike Simms is curator of geology at National Museums Northern Ireland [BBC] Finding dinosaur fossils on the island of Ireland is harder than finding a "needle in a haystack", the curator of geology ...

A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England belongs to a gigantic marine reptile dating to 202 million years ago that appears to have been among the largest ...

A remarkable fossilized larva has been discovered by scientists with its brain and guts still intact. The fossilized creature ...

Ontario researcher thinks 890-million-year-old fossils may be ancient relatives of sponges Fossils that formed 890 million years ago in what is now the Northwest Territories may be by far the oldest ...

A new study of ancient fossils found that millions of years ago these creatures grew to more than a whopping 5 metres in length.

Lisa Cormier was walking her dog down a familiar path on the beach at Cape Egmont, PEI, last month looking for sea glass when she spotted what looked like intertwined branches. A closer look revealed ...

Rare fossil discovered by Sask. resident WATCH: A rare fossil in the Saskatchewan area has been discovered by a resident in the Estevan area. Sierra D’Souza Butts reports. Frobisher, Sask. — A rare ...

The large and remarkably preserved fossil was discovered in the 1990s in a 1.6-tonne sandstone slab purchased from an Australian quarry You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

How did fish evolve into four-legged beasts that roam the land? A key part of that mystery has been solved by fossils found on a Nova Scotia beach. Tetrapods, named for their four limbs, are fish-like ...

The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A green seaweed fossil from China dating back one billion years is seen using a ...