COMAL COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – The remains of two possibly prehistoric cats were recovered this week from deep with Natural Bridge Caverns in Comal County, just north of San Antonio. The remains of the ...

A chance walk along a rocky trail has opened a window into a world that existed long before the first dinosaurs, revealing fossilized tracks from creatures that roamed Earth roughly 280 million years ...

In a rocky corner of southeastern China, a trail of fossilized footprints has revealed a predator so large it would have ...

An unknown human ancestor walked funny and lived in the same place and at the same time as the famous "Lucy" ancestor in Tanzania. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Last fall, scientists announced the discovery of a new species of early human, Homo naledi, deep in an underground cave in South Africa. The ancient fossils remain locked away in Johannesburg, but now ...

SERGIO AZEVEDO was prospecting at an old railroad site in São Paulo state, Brazil, when he discovered the fossilised bones of an unknown animal. “Many times when you find a fossil in the field it’s ...

Some ancient tracks in Capitol Reef National Park were “impressed into a muddy matrix and later filled in with a fine sand,” the National Park Service says. It's not clear if these were the stolen ...

<em>Lepeichnus gibert</em>i is the name of the new trace fossil of the upper Miocene, very complex and exceptionally preserved, found in the town of Lepe (Huelva ...