New research shows human activity is significantly altering the ways in which marine organisms are preserved, with lasting effects that can both improve and impair the fossil record. New research ...

Primeval fish that were thought to be "living fossils," largely unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs, are actually evolving dramatically — and they evolved faster when Earth's continents moved ...

Editor’s Note: The video was done before the NC Fossil Festival was moved from May to June. AURORA, N.C. (WNCT) — Fossil fans can get their fill of archaeology at the NC Fossil Festival in Aurora. The ...

Studying microscopic layers of dirt dug from the Tam Pa Ling cave site in northeastern Laos has provided a team of archaeologists further insights into some of the earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in ...