The Royal Tyrrell Museum is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and to mark the occasion, it has opened its latest ...

Scientists were finally given access to a remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil that’s allowed them to better understand exactly ...

High-tech imaging revealed eight small vertebrae, still attached. Surrounding them were soft feathers, their beauty and three ...

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A polished piece of amber from Myanmar has revealed one of the most significant fossil discoveries in recent years– an ...

Anew analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago is revealing an array ...

Geologists working on surveying land in Mississippi stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator considered a "sea dragon" of the time.

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Palynologists who study tiny pollen fossils share 4 stories found in grains that fell hundreds to millions of years ago.

Researchers from China and the United States have shed new light on the ancient evolutionary transition from dinosaurs to ...

A new Archaeopteryx fossil with soft tissue reveals flight features and offers fresh support for Darwin’s theory of evolution ...