A chance walk along a rocky trail has opened a window into a world that existed long before the first dinosaurs, revealing fossilized tracks from creatures that roamed Earth roughly 280 million years ...

A team of 20 paleontologists has announced the discovery of a new dinosaur species, ...

The newly classified species, named Plesionectes longicollum ("long-necked near-swimmer"), represents a previously unknown type of plesiosauroid—the group of long-necked marine reptiles that inhabited ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Africa is well known for its fossil heritage, a record of plants and animals that tells us what the world was like long ago.

An artistic rendering of an evening approximately 252 million years ago during the late Permian in the Luangwa Basin of Zambia. The scene includes several saber-toothed gorgonopsians and beaked ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A fishing trip in south Alabama led to one of the most remarkable fossil finds in the world. The Coleman family was out fishing north of Mobile in 2021 when they spotted ...

Imagine this: You have an idea for a stunning flower garden and you get to work digging, only to come across something you never thought you would — a fossil. It's seemingly a worthwhile find; however ...