For the first time, scientists have analyzed metabolism-related molecules from the fossilized bones of animals that lived 1.3 ...

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived long ago. But the oldest DNA obtained so far ...

Learn about Earth’s history with five fossils that have stories to tell Paul D. Taylor and Aaron O'Dea Though massive creatures may look like a dinosaur, the Dimetrodon lived 50 million years before ...

In 2001, researchers unearthed a partial fossil leg bone and two forearm bones in the central African nation of Chad. Those fossils come from the earliest known hominid, which lived around 7 million ...

South Africa boasts some of the best fossil records on Earth. Fossils are found in strata and rocks in many parts of the country. Some are billions of years old. But fossils aren’t just pieces of the ...

Rick Crosslin, also known as the Science Guy, shared fascinating facts about fossils found right here in Indiana. According to Rick, Indiana has a rich history of ancient life, and fossils can be ...

The relics of dinosaurs and prehistoric species abound in Arizona, telling the story of life on Earth from hundreds of millions of years ago. Based on records from the Paleobiology Database, a public ...

This period of time was when dinosaurs first evolved. The continents we live on today were part of one land mass that scientists call Pangaea. The climate was hot and dinosaurs flourished after the ...

For a change, this week’s column does not feature food. Instead, I couldn’t resist writing about National Fossil Day, which is celebrated on the Wednesday of the second full week of October. This year ...

Evolutionary biologists report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird -- which they say could be the largest known member of its kind -- providing new information about ...