Scientists believe they’ve deduced why prehistoric Ediacara Biota fossils have remained preserved for millions of years. The fossils of these soft-bodied creatures from before the Cambrian Explosion ...

For more than half a century, some of Earth’s strangest fossils looked like they had washed in from an alien world. Pillow-shaped impressions, quilted fronds and ribbed disks sat in museum drawers, ...

120-million-year-old bird fossil has raised a perplexing mystery: how did it come to swallow over 800 stones, causing its death? This newly identified species, called Chromeornis funkyi, was ...

A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton discovered in Patagonia is helping scientists crack the mystery of alvarezsaurs, a bizarre group of bird-like dinosaurs. The fossil of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis ...

Scientists still aren’t sure what exactly prehistoric Ediacara Biota fossils tell us about life before the Cambrian Explosion, but at least they now understand why we have a remarkable fossil record ...