A fossil only tells part of the story. When an animal's body is preserved as a fossil, there are often pieces missing, and ...

Around 120 million years ago, a bird swallowed over 800 tiny stones and choked to death as a result. Paleontologists aren’t ...

Fossils from Qatar have revealed a small, newly identified sea cow species that lived in the Arabian Gulf more than 20 ...

A small dinosaur discovered, Pulaosaurus qinglong, had seeds in its stomach and a “vocal box,” revealing how dinosaurs might ...

A new pterosaur species was recently discovered in the vomit of a dino. But that's just the start of revelations from ...

The fossil called "Medusa" could be a dinosaur mummy—the remains of an Edmontosaurus about 66 million years old that ...

When ancient microbes died, they did not leave skeletons though some have argued controversially that colonies left ancient microstructures ...

Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...

Single-cell bacteria, in shallow marine waters, altered the composition of liquid and air – as the planet heaved around them. Their fossils still stand, not far from you.

Deep beneath our feet, scientists are mapping a hidden reserve of hydrogen that could reshape the global energy system. Early ...

In December's edition of Ask Me Anything, we get to know paleoartist, Jorge Plata as he takes his through his work at the ...