Studying ancient mammals helps scientists understand how life evolved and adapted over millions of years. Fossil discoveries provide valuable insights into extinct species, revealing their behaviors, ...

It's extremely rare to find a complete skeleton of a dinosaur. It's rarer still that such a skeleton needs to be found twice. Such is the fate of "Stan" the T. rex, a massive, mostly complete skeleton ...

NEW YORK -- The nearly complete and remarkably preserved skeleton of a small, 47 million-year-old creature found in Germany was displayed Tuesday by scientists who said it would help illuminate the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The bones and teeth of the newly announced Homo habilis skeleton KNM-ER 64061. | Credit: Adapted ...

Fossil skeleton of the daytime active owl Miosurnia diurna from China (below) with an expanded view of the skull (top left). The eye bones or scleral ossicles are false colored blue and set in ...

Paleontologists uncovered another rare fossil in Texas. This time, it's a 60-million-year-old fossil of a giant possum-like mammal that is reported to be the largest marsupial found in the North ...

Million-Year-Old Fossil That Rewrote Human History Now On Display In Abu Dhabi . Discovered in Ethiopia in 1974, Lucy ...

In late autumn 1988, Richard Hebda — then head of botany at the Royal BC Museum — stepped into the living room of a man named ...

Skeleton season may be just around the corner, but the skeleton age dawned with the early Cambrian Period, about 538 million to 506 million years ago. In this time span, most major animal groups ...

A record-breaking $44.6 million sale of a Stegosaurus fossil has ignited a global debate. While private collectors view these ancient remains as status symbols and investments, scientists fear losing ...