Deep-sea fossils have long fascinated scientists, offering glimpses into the ancient past and revealing the mysteries of prehistoric life. Recent discoveries of shark fossils in deep-sea environments, ...

Mosasaurs were the apex predators of the oceans during the reign of the dinosaurs, but new research reveals dinosaurs weren't ...

The pearl, discovered at a fossil quarry in Richmond, Australia, is estimated to be 100 million years old. Michelle Johnston Over 100 million years ago, long before the extinction of land-dwelling ...

Shallow‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ coastal waters hold on to some of the most comprehensive and detailed records of marine life from the Earth ...

For millions of years, the land we now call the United States has been home to towering prehistoric beasts, strange sea creatures, and lush ancient forests that no longer exist. Evidence of this ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown sea cow species near Qatar, revealing that ancient marine mammals closely resembled modern dugongs and depended on seagrass ecosystems millions of years ...

These files consist of 3D scans of historical objects in the collections of the Smithsonian and may be downloaded by you only for non-commercial, educational, and ...

Grand Canyon fossils in the Bright Angel formation reveal 500M-year-old animals with dual feeding structures, reshaping ...

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have ...

Researchers have developed a novel application of histological staining to screen for ancient proteins in situ—within the fossil's microstructure—advancing the field of paleoproteomics by addressing ...