For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles ...

What fascinated him most was their visual system, the first in the fossil record to be really well preserved. The eyes of some trilobites contained more than 15,000 calcite lenses; they looked ...

"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ash deposits, which is extremely unusual," study lead author Valentina ...

google maps A college professor in New Jersey claims that his 380 million-year-old fossils ended up in a landfill due to negligence from his university, per a civil complaint. Martin Becker ...

A dip in sales is causing Texas fashion retailer Fossil to close numerous retail stores as it tries to drive profit. In an outline of its turnaround plan, the maker of watches, handbags and ...

Paleontologists stumbled upon several intact F. brocksi fossils while exploring a research site known as McGraths Flat near the town of Gulgong. After coming up empty at a nearby fossil site ...

14. Leopard-like patterns in trilobites used as light disrupting camouflage; 15. The unique nature of shale; 16. The first apatite (U-Th)/He dating of the Saharan Tuareg Shield; and 17. 3,036 ...

Travelers can get their hands dirty and track down ancient dinosaur fossils, jewels and more treasures through excursions across the country. Families planning a visit to Mantua, New Jersey ...

A William Paterson University professor has filed a lawsuit claiming his irreplaceable collection of 380 million-year-old fossils was lost by college officials and ended up in a landfill.

Arjan Mann, a paleontologist at the Field Museum of Natural History who specializes in Mazon Creek fossils, is studying what he thinks might be a new species of salamander ancestor. This fossil is ...

It was a history to which Fortey had contributed through his fascination with trilobites, which had been sparked aged 14 when, fossil hunting in Wales, he saw a promising-looking rock and tapped ...

The bones are the oldest human fossils discovered in Western Europe, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature. The team uncovered the remains—an upper jawbone and a ...