Long ago, the Grand Canyon wasn’t a land of plunging ravines and gaping gullies, but the site of towering mountains, not ...

Remote island to reopen to public on Thursday, but visitors warned against exploring area on their own due to safety concerns ...

Ancient amphibians in Wyoming adapted to extreme weather by burrowing, offering insights into current amphibian survival ...

Stunningly preserved fossils of reptilian footprints and underbellies discovered last year in the Italian Alps have helped ...

Each year the Paleotological Society of Austin hosts Fossil Fest in Round Rock, Texas. This year will be the 33rd annual ...

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In a new study in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers described a new species of fossil amphibian, preserved in torpedo-shaped burrows where they waited out the dry season.

A tiny lizard fossil, Cryptovaranoides microlanius, is 205 million years old. It shifts Squamata origins back by 35 million ...

The space rocks, both estimated to be no larger than 5 miles (8 kilometers) wide, impacted Earth within 25,000 years of each ...

Currently, geothermal energy – any heat energy derived from the Earth’s ground, at depths of a few metres to several ...

Fossilization is a process that allows the preservation of plants and animals in rocks for hundreds of millions of years. During this period, geological upheavals often deteriorate fossils and ...

Cave-ins and floods may have buried the Cretaceous creatures of the fossil Jehol Biota rather than volcanic eruptions, a new study claims.