For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now ...

Exploring the Pyramids of Giza on a Horse-Drawn Tour The most plausible explanation for the trace fossils, researchers said, is that they were “drag marks formed by travois consisting of a ...

“This research shows beyond doubt that organic biomolecules, such as proteins like collagen, appear to be present in some fossils,” remarked Professor Steve Taylor of the University of ...

Archaeologists in New Mexico have uncovered what could be trace marks left by the oldest known hand-drawn carts, predating the invention ... The White Sands National Park archaeological site is home ...

Archaeologists in New Mexico have uncovered what could be trace marks left by the oldest known hand-drawn carts ... Park archaeological site is home to fossil footprints that are likely the ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

Fossilized soft tissue is exceptionally rare in plesiosaur fossils. The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species. The ...

According to a new study, Walton-on-the-Naze is the best place to find fossils in the U.K. The resort town is filled with shark teeth, fossilized wood, and ancient plant artifacts. Places such as ...

Fossil evidence suggests a temperate climate with lush vegetation, possibly serving as an incubator for the earliest members of the group that now includes ducks and geese. A paper published in ...

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks that lived alongside the dinosaurs. By Asher Elbein Asher Elbein ...