According to fossils preserved by volcanic ash, the plants, known as angiosperms, began producing relatively large, blueberry ...

A remarkable fossil forest reveals dinosaurs may have helped spread fruit-bearing plants tens of millions of years earlier ...

Scientists thought angiosperms didn’t use animals to spread seeds until after the Age of Dinosaurs. Fossilized fruits from these plants challenge this idea.

Researchers have identified the first-ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica, revealing it belonged to a titanosaur.

A study of fossil teeth from China shows early mammals got bigger before their diets became specialized after the ...

Fossils suggest Spriggina floundersi, an ancient marine organism, displayed population-level right-handedness. This finding ...

This summer, some long-extinct animals are coming to San Francisco to join their living descendants and other zoo residents.

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Centuries ago, a massive fossil unearthed in England baffled scholars. Believed to be a giant elephant or even a biblical ...

Steve Backshall is on the hunt for the most deadly animals to have walked the Earth: dinosaurs. Razor-sharp claws, axe-like ...