A fossil site in Australia shows iron can preserve soft tissues, changing how scientists search for ancient ecosystems.

Discover 25 bizarre facts about fossils, from ancient brains to fighting dinosaurs! Uncover the weirdest secrets of prehistoric life and explore mind-blowi ...

Beneath the dry farmland of New South Wales lies a hidden window into a lost rainforest teeming with life from 11-16 million ...

Spiders are not well represented in the fossil record. Their soft external skeletons don't typically preserve well -- except at a few exceptional sites around the world. There is one remarkable spot ...

Rare 450-million-year-old fossil, Paleocanna tentaculum, that provides a clearer link between ancient cnidarians and modern ...

The tree Ginko biloba for example is the only living species of its group and dates back almost 300 million years in the ...

Scientists at Curtin University have solved a long-standing mystery about how some of the world’s best-preserved fossils formed in ancient oxygen-free ocean floor settings. The research, published in ...

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 ...

The fossils paint a picture of life in Australia's prehistoric rainforests, 15 million years ago. They also reveal major climate changes as Australia's rainforests turned into desert. Paleontologists ...