Learn how the fossils of ancient organisms help scientists navigate deep time — and uncover Earth’s hidden history.

A newly discovered Neanderthal site on Portugal’s Algarve coast has revealed the first fossilized footprints of these ancient humans in the region. A new international study published in Scientific ...

A discovery deep in the rocky terrain of West Texas is changing what scientists know about dinosaurs that once roamed this ...

A worn-down mammoth tooth discovered nearly 150 years ago on an island in Nunavut offers new insights into where and how the ...

The Mississippi River floodplains are home to one of Earth’s most impressive river monsters: the alligator gar. Known to ...

For decades, the fossils found in the Pilbara region of Western Australia were the subject of heated debate. Were they truly ...

A surprising fossil discovery in the desert of West Texas has revealed that a dinosaur species once thought to roam only the ...

Ancient trees may have played a key role in regulating Earth's climate during the last ice age—by 'breathing' less ...

A colossal titanosaur, Chucarosaurus diripienda, unearthed in Patagonia, measured 30 meters and weighed tens of tonnes. Its immense size even cracked ...

The site sits within sediments that record major environmental upheaval in East Africa during the late Pliocene. Around 3.44 ...