New fossil evidence from China suggests that some of our vertebrate ancestors had four eyes. The study, published in Nature, takes a closer look at a structure found in multiple 518 million-year-old ...

The fish were found with hot glass in their gills, likely from flaming debris. The discovery of a fossilized fish may offer a glimpse into the day an asteroid hit the earth and wiped dinosaurs off the ...

A team of scientists led by Dr. Matthew McCurry from the Australian Museum and UNSW Sydney unveiled the discovery of a ...

Researchers have uncovered dozens of long-misidentified coelacanth fossils in British museums, some overlooked for more than a century. The study reveals that these ancient “living fossils” thrived in ...

An extraordinary fossil bed in the arid grasslands of the Australian continent, called McGraths Flat, really is the Lagerstätte that keeps on giving. Just a few years after uncovering a trove of ...

Long before humans evolved, a small eel shaped creature swimming in ancient seas carried eyes that look strikingly familiar.

Fossilized vomit reveals a surprise flying pterosaur in Brazil, offering new insight into how ancient reptiles lived and fed ...

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...