Tiny plankton shells used to reconstruct past polar ocean temperatures may contain two different chemical stories, a new ...

Researchers have discovered the oldest known example of a predator-prey “arms race,” based on their study of ancient fossils. This ancient predator-prey relationship took place 517 million years ago ...

In the 1990s, paleontologists exploring dinosaur‑rich badlands in the Zuni Basin of western New Mexico uncovered a turtle ...

Charmouth and Lyme Regis beaches are the best places to find fossils. Button recommends Compton Bay, which includes a large ...

The ancient cephalopod, Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, appears to have been an apex predator that rivaled mosasaurs to rule prehistoric seas.

A new study finds that shells of the polar plankton Neogloboquadrina pachyderma can record two distinct chemical signals, potentially distorting reconstructions of past ocean temperatures. Researchers ...