Grooves in the limestone at Italy's Monte Cònero may have been left by sea turtles fleeing an earthquake 80 million years ago ...

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a ...

A new way of analysing fossils has revealed more about animals and environments of ancient times, when humans were evolving.

The discovery of a meteorite older than Earth in the UK is a chance to learn about the early solar system. The rock seems to have come from the protoplanetary disk that birthed the planets. The young ...

In a release, officials described the find as a “high-status grave containing two individuals buried alongside a fully harnessed horse, weapons and personal items.” ...

Although it's in a tourist hotspot, this Devon village isn't as busy as some of its neighbours and still manages to hold on ...

The fossils, uncovered in Staffordshire’s White Peak region, belonged to goniatites — extinct relatives of modern squid and ...

Marine fossils discovered in England’s Peak District reveal detailed life from a tropical sea that covered the region 340 ...

Researchers from China and the United States have shed new light on the ancient evolutionary transition from dinosaurs to birds, thanks to a remarkably well-preserved specimen of Archaeopteryx. The ...

The fossilized remains of two sea creatures called goniatites were found in the White Peak - but the National Trust does not ...

Where did our species first emerge? Fossils discovered in Morocco dating back more than 773,000 years bolster the theory that Homo sapiens originally appeared in Africa, scientists said in a study ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago unearthed in a Moroccan cave are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa, ...