Researchers say the fossil found in Aberdeenshire is neither plant nor fungus as previously thought.

An almost overlooked fossil discovered in a Brazilian museum collection has revealed the oldest ant specimen known to science, according to new research. The prehistoric ant lived among dinosaurs 113 ...

Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 feet-tall (1.40 meters) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed the Geiseltal region in southern Saxony-Anhalt. An international team of researchers report on the ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has agreed to return thousands of fossils to Indonesia from a world-renowned collection, after a commission ruled that they were removed in the ...

A 410 million year-old fossil from Aberdeenshire which scientists have identified as being a ‘new’ form of life, distinct from plants or fungi, has been added to the collections of National Museums ...