A revolutionary study from the University of Liverpool has upended fundamental assumptions about the fossilization process, potentially transforming how scientists approach the study of ancient life.

A 125-million-year-old fossil unearthed in China has upended what scientists thought they knew about dinosaur anatomy. The ...

“A DNA strand, like me, is a blueprint for building a living thing” says the anthropomorphic double-helix Mr. DNA at the beginning of 1993’s Jurassic Park, “...And sometimes, animals that went extinct ...

For many years, it was widely believed that fossils no longer contained any original organic molecules as the fossilization process was thought to destroy them. Now, a groundbreaking study, led by the ...

As well as helping his mental health, fossil hunting also led Myerscough to the discovery of a 201m-year-old plesiosaur ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Fossils found in Canada that date back 567 million years reveal that some of Earth's earliest animals were already moving ...