A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human evolution from her spot on the family tree.

State Paleontologist Clint Boyd shows a mammoth bone discovered under a garage in northwest North Dakota. The bone has deep ...

Newfound fossils in modern-day Ethiopia suggest that the mysterious foot belonged to a recently named species, Australopithecus deyiremeda. The finding could alter the story of human evolution ...

New evidence has been discovered to resolve a case of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s that has long puzzled scientists. The mysterious small skull excavated in the 1940s was thought to be ...

Paleontologists have identified a new species of sauropod dinosaur, Mamenchisaurus sanjiangensis, from a partial skeleton ...

A near-complete skeleton found on the UK's Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new and rare species of ichthyosaur—a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the ancient oceans. The ...

A skeleton found on Britain's Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new species of ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the seas, scientists said Friday. Comparable in ...

When walking through a historic mining town like Silver City, you never know what secrets the old buildings could hold. As it turned out, one structure was hiding an actual skeleton in its closet. The ...

Three Roman skeletons including one believed to have been an official or Army officer have been uncovered underneath a city's car park. The graves were discovered by archaeologists working at the ...

A wife said she was shocked when she found the skeleton of her missing husband buried in a pit in their home in Thailand. Tawee Pekrathok, 60, claimed that was cleaning the disused septic tank at the ...