The human fossils, along with a large number of fossilized animal bones and stone tools, have been unearthed at the Hualongdong site in Dongzhi County, east China's Anhui Province

The discovery raises intriguing questions about the relationship between the two species and any competition for resources

While its fossils have been known since 1854, a large gap has existed in the understanding of this creature because none of the remains had a well-preserved head

The fossils of the extinct reptiles -- Puentemys mushaisaensis -- were about 1.5 meters (five feet) long and were found in the mountainous municipality of Socha, in the country's northeast, the...

The skull will be featured in a special David Attenborough programme airing on BBC One on New Year's Day.

The UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) annual production gap report measures the difference between governments' planned production of fossil fuels and production levels which are consistent...

In August, two new species of Cambrian comb jellies were also reported from Utah. Our new fossil, named Daihuoides jakobvintheri, adds substantially to this scant record

The footprints were found in a dry lake bed in White Sands National Park, first spotted in 2009 by a park manager.

Big John roamed the lands of modern-day South Dakota more than 66 million years ago

The newly discovered whale belongs to the Protocetidae, a group of extinct whales that falls in the middle of that transition, the Egyptian-led team of researchers said in a statement