Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it might represent a whole new branch.
A 30,000-year-old vulture feather from Central Italy was preserved down to the microscopic level by volcanic rock.
The tusk may have belonged to a Columbian mammoth, an Ice Age species that disappeared over 11,000 years ago.
Researchers refined their size estimates of the prehistoric shark by studying the bodily proportions of 165 other shark species.
More than 500 exceptionally preserved fossils are offering new clues about the evolution of Florida's animals and landscape.
Paleontologists in Denmark found a once-gloopy, now-hardened mess that they believe was spat up by a Cretaceous-era fish.
The fossil, destroyed in an air raid 80 years ago, had faded from memory until a paleontologist found archival images.
Meet Lishulong wangi, a newly described dinosaur that lived 200 million years ago.
A chicken-sized dino, the oldest known in North America, has thrown a wrench in the widely accepted timeline of early dinosaur history.
The proboscidean's jaw was found about 70 miles (112 kilometers) northwest of New York City, and will be put on public display next year.
A bizarre creature from the Permian pushes back the timeline of our four-legged precursors.
Fossilized droppings from the Triassic and Jurassic are revealing the diets of some dinosaurs—including a surprising taste for charcoal.
