Litoria tylerantiqua, a 55-million-year-old fossil, is Australia’s oldest known tree frog. It shifts the timeline for frog ...

Ancient plant fossils that puzzled scientists have turned ... the small round shapes bearing a leaflike pattern were once the shells of baby turtles that lived during the time of dinosaurs.

A rare fossil discovery in Antarctica has upended scientific understanding of ancient marine reptiles. Buried beneath 68 ...

The titanic turtle likely had a body length of around ... up to 80 feet long — far larger than previous estimates Fossils of ancient giant turtles like A. ischyros are predominantly found ...

Sellés, who co-authored the study, said the team began comparing newly discovered remains to other giant ancient sea turtles in the fossil record like Archelon and Protostega, both of which ...

Turtles, with their tough shells ... Not all fossils are direct remains; some are trace fossils, records of how ancient creatures interacted with their environment. Skin impressions within ...

East Tennessee State University hosted a celebration Saturday at the Gray Fossil Site to commemorate the site's 25th ...

World Turtle Day reminds us that these 200-million-year-old survivors face modern threats like plastic pollution and habitat loss.

New Homo erectus skull fossils found undersea reveal migration across ancient Sundaland, suggesting cultural exchange and advanced hunting in prehistoric Southeast Asia ...

Father-daughter team Michael and Heather Trask discover the fossilized bones of an ancient sea lizard near Courtenay, B.C., ...