New Permian species, Yinshanosaurus angustus, found in China.

Paleontologist Andre LuJan had an assist from nature with his latest exciting fossil find. Heavy rains helped expose a nearly ...

I am hiking along the Metacomet Ridge in Greenfield, Massachusetts – a rather steep basaltic structure, modestly less than five hundred feet high and topped by a stately brick tower constructed in ...

Biomass reveals the real impact and energy flow of life in an ecosystem, like knowing not just the cast of a play, but who ...

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

Stanford study shows ocean biomass has risen over 540 million years, linking biodiversity to long-term ecosystem health.

Las Cruces, in southwestern New Mexico, blends mountain and desert scenery with Mexican, Native American and Western culture.

In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past ...

Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by ...

Heavy rains in Archer County revealed a rare Eryops megacephalus skull, an ancient amphibian with a mouth full of curved ...

By using high-resolution fossil data and advanced computing tools, the scientists revealed that over 300 million years ago, ...

First study to explore how ancient reptiles spread across the Earth after the end-Permian mass extinction. New research ...