This desert landscape with mountains, canyons, and the world's most extensive Permian fossil reef was once a thriving sea.

An asteroid strike 66 million years ago caused millions of species to go extinct—including many mollusks. By studying the ...

A group of fossils of elasmosaurs—some of the most famous in North America—have just been formally identified as belonging to ...

A recent study documents a young Cooper’s hawk learning to use pedestrian crossing signals and idling traffic as cover for ambush hunting.

Shell fossils are common, as are much younger Ice Age fossils from land animals, such as mastodons and sloths. But mosasaurs have a "very different" vertebra shape than other animals. "This was ...

Sharks, skates and catfish also have tooth-like structures called denticles that make their skin feel like sandpaper. When Haridy studied the tissues of her catfish, she saw that the denticles were ...

Recent dredging operations off the coast of Java have uncovered fossil evidence that reshapes what scientists thought they ...

Teeth are sensitive because they evolved from sensory tissue in both ancient vertebrates and ancient arthropods.

MORE: Underwater camera captures elusive tentacled creature 3 miles below ocean surface Due to its geological formations, the Mississippi region is known for its fossils, but this was especially rare, ...

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Due to its geological formations, the Mississippi region is known for its fossils, but this was especially rare, Starnes said. Shell fossils are common, as are much younger Ice Age fossils from land ...