The tail vertebra of a tall, bird-like dinosaur was found on a small island off the coast of British Columbia.

Ancient tiny fossils from Australia may carry evidence of great power: the ability to make oxygen through photosynthesis. The fossilized bacteria, dating from 1.73 billion to 1.78 billion years ago, ...

Mosasaur fossils excavated in Osaka in the 1990s and stored for 30 years include a bone which may represent a new species entirely.

A newly identified fossil ape from northern Egypt is reshaping ideas about where the ancestors of modern apes first emerged.

Today’s Object of the Week is an ancient curiosity that looks uncannily like something from your kitchen cupboard.

Scientists in Brazil identified marine worms that made at least some trace fossil burrows called Bifungites. By Priyanka Runwal See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One fossil can shake up a scientist's entire theory, making them re-arrange the timeline they had for the origin of species. Then, ...

For over a century, the scientific literature has credited western missionaries with "discovering" fossils in Lesotho, the small, mountainous country surrounded by South Africa. In contrast, our ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. The human story became a bit more complicated about two ...

Imagine you’re walking to work when you unwittingly make a massive contribution to science. That was the experience for a Southern California science teacher who discovered a never-before-seen whale ...

On July 14, 2026, “Gus,” one of the most complete specimens of Tyrannosaurus rex, went to an as yet unidentified buyer for ...

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