A famous “oldest octopus” fossil has been exposed as a case of mistaken identity. Advanced imaging revealed hidden teeth ...

A famous 300-million-year-old fossil that was thought to be the world's oldest octopus—even featuring in the Guinness Book of ...

In 2000, researchers thought they found the oldest fossil octopus, which lived over 300 million years ago. But it may just be ...

Former UN climate chief to co-chair Lancet Commission examining how sea-level rise is reshaping health, wellbeing and ...

Pincers found on a tiny fossil that lived 500 million years ago could change how scientists understand the origin of spiders.

The assemblage suggests that the ancestors of some of today's animal groups may have arisen before the famed Cambrian ...

While snorkeling for fossils in Bender’s Cave, which is located on private land, University of Texas paleontologist John ...

We all owe a debt of gratitude to Drs. Pia Fenimore and Joan Thode, Lancaster pediatricians who recently authored a series of ...

The pursuit of fur steadily pushed the boundaries of North American settlement westward. The fur trade led to the ...

An Archaeopteryx fossil with soft tissue reveals flight features and offers fresh support for Darwin’s theory of evolution.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Netflix’s new docuseries The Dinosaurs, executive produced by Steven Spielberg and narrated by Morgan Freeman, is sparking renewed ...

If you want to find fossil Pokémon in Pokémon Pokopia, you'll need to recreate their skeletal bodies using their respective fossils. It's kind of bleak, but these ancient Pokémon want to live in ...