Fossils provide a vital record of ancient life, preserved primarily within sedimentary rocks . The journey from death to discovery involves rapid burial, lithification, and chemical replacement.

Newfound fossils from China suggest that complex animals were around millions of years earlier than thought, among them ...

Some of the most ancient fossils collected to date were traced back to the Ediacaran period. This is the time interval ranging from around 635 to 541 million years ago, shortly before the time when ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Fossils are everywhere in Kansas but there are some places where your chances of finding a link to the past are greater than others. The Sunflower State is home to numerous types of ...