Around 540 million years ago, the ocean erupted with complex life: Creatures rapidly transformed from simple, soft-bodied, ...

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

Hundreds of Chinese fossils from the dawn of animal evolution may change how scientists think of this critical period of ...

Modern Nautilus and Allonautilus species inhabit deeper waters than their extinct ancestors did over 500 million years ago.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - A remarkable assemblage of fossils from China is revealing that animal life ...

A Texas paleontologist has made a discovery that could re-write what scientists know about prehistoric life in the state. In ...

Our planet is several billion years old—a number so vast it’s almost impossible to truly comprehend. In all that time, ...

They found remains of animals that have never been uncovered in Central Texas. The fossils hint that the region was warm, ...

Turtles with shell-cracking jaws were far more likely to survive extinction due to their ability to be sustained on a restricted diet.

A paleontologist snorkeling in a subterranean stream in Bender's Cave found the remains of a giant tortoise and a massive ...

A paleontologist from The University of Texas at Austin has discovered the fossilized remains of Ice Age animals that have ...