Trace fossils, the preserved records of biological activity, provide a unique window into the interactions between ancient organisms and their sedimentary settings. By recording behaviours such as ...

Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material, made with living tree resin, will shed light on the prehistoric fossilization of the real stuff. By Richard Fisher Amber is coveted the world over as ...

Buried beneath layers of volcanic ash for over half a billion years, a set of newly unearthed trilobite fossils from Morocco is reshaping the scientific understanding of one of Earth’s earliest and ...

Paleontologists have revealed a "remarkable" prehistoric creature that has been "spectacularly preserved" by fool's gold—a common name for a substance called iron pyrite. The newly identified species, ...