On an expedition in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia, two anthropologists uncovered the bones of a 3.2 million-year-old human ...

Newly analyzed Arctic fossils show that marine ecosystems recovered astonishingly fast after the “great dying.” More than 30,000 teeth, bones, and other fossil fragments from a 249-million-year-old ...

An enigmatic group of fossil organisms has finally been identified—and is changing the story of how plants took root on land ...

Learn how newly discovered vertebrae from a 6- to 8-meter shark pushes the origin of mega-predators back by 15 million years.

When it comes to studying dinosaurs, it's not an easy task, but a random discovery in West Texas has changed our ...

Construction at a high school uncovered millions of fossils dating back nearly 9 million years. The fossils include unique species of fish that had never been found in the area before. The discovery ...

Around 115 million years ago, northern Australia’s seas hosted a colossal shark that rewrites what we thought we knew about ...

Arctic fossils reveal the oldest known oceanic reptile ecosystem from the Age of Dinosaurs. Over 30,000 specimens show marine ...

Lucy, the famed 3.2-million-year-old fossil that transformed scientific understanding of humanity’s origins, has been placed on display at the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi.

The Colombian singer inspires beyond music: scientists honor her legacy by naming Shakiremys colombiana, a ...

Tune into programs about pioneering archaeologists, festive bat celebrations and more with the National Museum of Natural History Jack Tamisiea Celebrate National Fossil Day among the hundreds of ...