A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously went extinct about 25 million years ago.

Searching for Dinosaur and Other Prehistoric Animal Fossils The Yale College Expedition ... of the past the patient geologist may find the petrified remains of all the forms of life belonging ...

More than 500 exceptionally preserved fossils are offering new clues about the evolution of Florida's animals and landscape.

Scientists have identified several hundred species of fossil plants and animals in Petrified Forest. The park consists of two main sections, and recent legislation has authorized doubling the land ...

According to the ministry, a research team from the Department of Heritage Areas conducted a field study and collected sample ...

Soft-bodied and relatively small (a living specimen would fit in a human hand), with its stalked eyes and long proboscis, it is difficult to compare to all other known fossil or extant animal ...

The animal dies. 2. Soft parts of the animal's body ... the internal bone structure has been preserved.' Tree fossils, also known as petrified wood, form in the same way. This is why it's possible to ...

because Theodore Roosevelt had the foresight to protect this area’s impressive collection of petrified trees in 1906. While he knew the Chinle Formation, home to these wood-turned-stone delights, ...