The Texas Science & Natural History Museum hosted a fossil identification event on Oct. 15 in celebration of National Fossil ...

Imagine there are ten different types of shells, each the size of a grain of sand, mixed in the bowl of mud in front of you. You want to find each type of individual shell —what do you do? For ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Clay-rich marine sediments in southeastern Tanzania contain some of the world's best-preserved ...

A strange Cambrian fossil named Salterella may hold the key to understanding how early animals first built skeletons. As the season of skeletons approaches, it’s worth remembering that the real “age ...

A group of fishermen discovered an animal shell belonging to a prehistoric armadillo on a riverbank in Argentina, according to reports. Imanol Ojeda said he spotted the mostly intact shell—which is ...

When it comes to animals with iconic features, the turtle is high on the list. Deer have horns, kangaroos have pouches, humans have existential dread and turtles have shells…right? Apparently, that ...

With his new description of giant spider fossils from China, a scientist from the University of Kansas is helping further knowledge about life on the planet while contributing to knowledge about how ...