Australian and US scientists discovered a new species of prehistoric snapping turtle after re-examining an unidentified fossil on display in a Northern Territory museum. The new species ...

atomic blast just a mile away. Here’s the story of this living fossil that refuses to age—or die. In the first three seconds after “Little Boy” detonated over Hiroshima, temperatures ...

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This fossil promises to change the narrative. Expert fossil expert Al Mannering meticulously prepared the find so it could be scanned using a medical CT scanner to image the bones that were too ...

Authors Scott Evans and Ian Hughes mapping Uncus specimens on a fossil bed surface at Nilpena Ediacara National Park. A fascinating fossil discovery in remote South Australia sheds light on an ...

Uncus dzaugisi fossils preserved on LV-FUN bed at Nilpena Ediacara National Park. Credit: Gene Oh The discovery of Uncus dzaugisi, a 555-million-year-old fossil in South Australia, confirms ...

NEW YORK, Dec 26 (Reuters) - New York state will fine fossil fuel companies a total of $75 billion over the next 25 years to pay for damage caused to the climate under a bill Governor Kathy Hochul ...

China claims to have achieved a ‘world record’ in shipbuilding by developing a massive cargo ship similar to its Fujian aircraft carrier. Named Fan Zhou 8, the cargo ship has an unprecedented ...

An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month.

Scientists have revealed a new, remarkably complete fossil - a 16ft (5m)-long aquatic reptile from the Triassic period. The creature dates back 240 million years and has been dubbed a "dragon ...

Scientists have identified a new candidate for the heaviest ever animal on Planet Earth. It's an ancient, long-extinct whale that would have tipped the scales at close to 200 tonnes. Only some of ...