A strange Cambrian fossil named Salterella may hold the key to understanding how early animals first built skeletons. As the season of skeletons approaches, it’s worth remembering that the real “age ...

Sturgeon were around when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. They are among the oldest living species of fish, earning the moniker ...

A 230-million-year-old fossil found in Argentina shows that the evolution of sauropod dinosaurs’ long necks began earlier ...

Skeleton season may be just around the corner, but the skeleton age dawned with the early Cambrian Period, about 538 million ...

This species belongs to one of the most ancient branches of the shark lineage. It dates back around 80 million years, making ...

Arcadia, Florida isn’t just another dot on the Sunshine State map – it’s a revelation for your wallet and your soul. Nestled in DeSoto County about 50 miles inland from the Gulf Coast, this charming ...

Globally important natural areas such as Ningaloo and Shark Bay have been hard hit in recent years. But Macquarie Island is ...

Adiel Klompmaker, curator of the paleontology collection for the UA museums, has named a prehistoric crab species in honor of Nick Saban.

“Major groups such as non-flying dinosaurs, mosasaurs, and flying reptiles (pterosaurs) went completely extinct,” researchers said. “The hardy decapod crustaceans survived though, and they still ...

We’ve always been fascinated by the deep ocean, and this time, we set out to learn more about one of its most legendary creatures - the Greenland shark. These sharks can live for over 400 years, ...

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The Cairo Fossil Forest is the second oldest in the world. These forests mark a turning point in Earth's history because they ...