Over 160 years ago, the discovery of the first Archaeopteryx fossil began to fill the gap in the understanding of bird evolution.

A 47-million-year-old cicada fossil from Germany’s Messel Pit could teach us about the evolution of insect communication.

Squids first appeared about 100 million years ago and quickly rose to become dominant predators in the ancient oceans, according to a study published in the journal Science.

Canadian paleontologists recently discovered Mosura fentoni, a 506-million-year-old predator resembling a moth. The discovery offers insights into extinct radiodonts' anatomy.

What paleontologists learned from fossils of a 3-eyed predator that lived 500 million years ago The unique features of Mosura fentoni astounded paleontologists.

The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought -- thanks to evidence discovered at an Australian fossil site that represents a critical ...

The fossil, named Shishania aculeata, hails from 500-million-year-old Cambrian deposits in Yunnan Province, southern China, a region world-renowned for its remarkably preserved snapshots of ...

What a dinosaur ate 100 million years ago—Preserved in a fossilized time capsule Date: June 10, 2025 Source: Cell Press Summary: A prehistoric digestive time capsule has been unearthed in ...

Fossils found in Romania hint that hominins left Africa nearly two million years ago—well before previous estimates. The evidence comes from Grăunceanu, a fossil site in the Olteț River Valley.

Before this study, the earliest known amniote fossils had been found in Nova Scotia, Canada, and were dated to the mid-Carboniferous period, about 319 million years ago.

This fossil of an adult female cicada is remarkably well preserved. It was found in the Messel Pit in Germany, in rocks that are approximately 47 million years old.