A rare fossil discovery is shedding light on the “missing years” of early sponge evolution. Scientists found a ...

The species in question was a therapsid, a group of animals that was the forefather to modern-day mammals, including humans.

In the aftermath of Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event, one unlikely survivor rose to dominate a shattered world: ...

Newfound fossils from China suggest that complex animals were around millions of years earlier than thought, among them ...

Find out more about Body Fossils and Trace Fossils. Fossils can be categorized in two basic types: body fossils and trace fossils. Body fossils help scientists learn what plants and animals looked ...

A group of paleontologists unearthed the most complete fossil of a new species of a famed dome-headed dinosaur to date during a dig in Mongolia. The team found the pristine skeleton in the Khuren Dukh ...

If you trace the animal family tree back through the fossil record, the trail usually goes cold about 539 million years ago. Before this boundary—the start of the famous Cambrian explosion—multicelled ...

Imagine you’re walking to work when you unwittingly make a massive contribution to science. That was the experience for a Southern California science teacher who discovered a never-before-seen whale ...

A rodent found in Laos has been determined to belong to a group thought to have gone extinct in the fossil records about 11 ...

How does a fossil go from being in the ground to on display? What do paleontologists do? How does a fossil go from being in the ground to on display in a museum? Learn the process and all the ...

Hello parents, teachers and students! If you’re looking for a fun way to explore how fossils are made, check out these gummy worms and bread fossils. Be sure to check out GMSA@9 on Wednesdays, when ...