As a shark tooth and fossil hunting enthusiast, I often have people ask me why I find fossils so fascinating. To me, the ...

An international team of scientists, including researchers from Germany and the UK, have described a new species of ancient marine crocodile, Enalioetes schroederi. Enalioetes lived in the shallow ...

A new study finds that one of the hottest periods in Earth's history may have driven lampreys apart -- genetically speaking. The work could have implications for how aquatic species respond to our ...

Climate can change fast, even when the planet looks stable. Earth has flipped into new patterns within decades in the past.

Researchers Mário Miguel Mendes and Pedro Miguel Callapez, from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC), discovered fossilised fruits, approximately 87 million ...

The diversity of water strider species apparently developed as early as the Cretaceous period, much earlier than previously ...

The Cretaceous Period witnessed a remarkable diversification of marine reptiles, among which plesiosaurs featured prominently. These secondarily aquatic reptiles adapted to a range of ecological ...

Fossils of ceratopsian dinosaurs, the group containing Triceratops and other horned dinosaurs, have been vanishingly rare in Europe while being widespread across Asia and North America, until now. New ...

BRAGGS, Ala. (WSFA) - There’s just something about exploring a creek. The sound of the running water, and the mystery of what you may find. Mississippi native and creek enthusiast Jeff McCraw has a ...