The discoveries become more striking when calcite begins appearing inside the fossil shells. One small shell has been ...

Spectacular marine fossils tell the story of the long-gone Western Interior Seaway and the planet’s past aquatic life ...

Tiny plankton shells used to reconstruct past polar ocean temperatures may contain two different chemical stories, a new study by iC3 researchers has found. The work shows that Neogloboquadrina ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have discovered the oldest known example of a predator-prey “arms race,” based on their study of ancient fossils. This ...

An oddly shaped fossil in Hokkaido turned out to be a new species of ammonite, spiral-shaped marine creatures from ancient ...

Everything about the discovery of a fossilized leatherback sea turtle in Alabama four years ago is fascinating. The findings of the never-before studied species were published in a study Friday, ...