Researchers discovered a prehistoric ecosystem filled with giant marine reptiles, revealing an unparalleled level of food web complexity. Predators that dominated the oceans 130 million years ago were ...

Microscopic magnetic fossils found in North Atlantic seafloor sediments may represent components of an internal "GPS system" ...

The new finds help scientists reconstruct ancient sea levels, water temperatures, and ecosystems from millions of years ago.

David Burnham presents a row of T. rex teeth on April 18, 2025, at the Paleontology Lab at Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd. For David Burnham, paleontology isn’t just a science — it’s storytelling, and ...

Fossils offer the opportunity to look at an era of time permanently frozen in stone. Dinosaurs swallowed by mud or plants pressed into the ground over millions of years create imprints of a world long ...

New research shows RNA is preserved for longer than scientists had realized. This is the oldest RNA ever profiled.

HAGERMAN, Idaho — Long before the Snake River lived between farmland and small towns in southern Idaho, the Hagerman Valley was home to saber-toothed cats, mastodons, 100-pound beavers, Hagerman ...