With such an incredible pool of inspiration to draw from, it's no surprise nearly every single Fossil Pokémon looks fantastic ...

Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material, made with living tree resin, will shed light on the prehistoric ...

While the first cyclidan fossils were named in the 1830s, it took until the 1990s for scientists to confirm what type of animal they actually were. "The cyclidans have been compared to many different ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

The map on the hotel wall said “Good fossils here”, so Richard Fortey, then 14, did not hesitate. He seized his geologist’s hammer, braved the gorse and got down to the beach. It was a ...

Rare evidence about the lives of an ancient group of arthropods has been uncovered in the U.S. The findings of the study are published in the journal Biology Letters. The cluster of cyclidan ...

Rare evidence about cyclidan crustaceans has been uncovered in the USA, revealing more about how they behaved.

A dip in sales is causing Texas fashion retailer Fossil to close numerous retail stores as it tries to drive profit. In an outline of its turnaround plan, the maker of watches, handbags and ...

Fossilized fish found in Australia are so well preserved that paleontologists can see what the creatures ate for their last meals roughly 15 million years ago. They described the fish—which ...

Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be ...

TRIBUTES have been paid to a leading palaeontologist and naturalist from Henley who has died. Richard Fortey passed away at his home in St Andrew’s Road last Friday following a short illness. Dr ...