Fossil

Stone handaxes found in Galilee show early humans valued aesthetics of their tools - study

The axes were dated to the Pleistocene, likely made by Homo erectus, the first human species to evolve to have a humanlike body shape and gait, who had lived in the region thousands of years ago.

 A handaxe incorporating a geode (“Elijah’s apple”) from the Sakhnin Valley in northern Israel, March 24, 2026.
A 46-foot (14m) long Spinosaurus cast debuts at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, US, June 2, 2023.

Fossils of a new species of huge dinosaur Spinosaurus unearthed in Niger

The mandible of an archaic human who lived about 773 000 years ago is pictured after being excavated at a cave called Grotte a Hominides at a site known as Thomas Quarry I in the southwest part of the Moroccan city of Casablanca in this undated photograph released on January 7, 2026.

Fossils found in Moroccan cave may be a close Homo sapiens ancestor

A REPLICA of the remains of a more than 3-million-year-old female hominid known as "Lucy" at the National Museum in Addis Ababa August 7, 2007.

A newly discovered species complicates the human origin story


The ‘Sword Tail from Bavaria’: fossil helps researchers piece together Pterosaur evolution

Skiphosoura bavarica lived toward the end of the Jurassic Period and would have been one of the largest flyers in its ecosystem.

 Scaphognathus crassirostris cast.

Super hearing and 102 teeth: 22-million-year old Ur-dolphin fossil reveals unique abilities

Analyses of the remains showed that Romaleodelphis pollerspoecki belongs to the group of toothed whales but differs significantly from all previously known primitive representatives.

 Munster Natural History Museum, Germany: Skeleton of Underwater and aquatic marine huge Maiacetus or mother whale predatory dinosaurs.

Discovery of oldest sea monster fossil in New Zealand sheds light on dawn of dinosaur age

Oldest polar sea dinosaur vertebra, 246 million years old, found in New Zealand challenges migration theories, shedding light on early Southern Hemisphere reptile presence.

 Fossil of a nothosaurus, 2017.

Fossil fuel use, emissions hit records in 2023, report says

Growing demand for fossil fuel despite the scaling up of renewables could be a sticking point for the transition to lower carbon energy as global temperature increases reach 1.5C.

Protesters against fossil fuel hold signs along a road as U.S. President Joe Biden visits Mather, California, U.S., September 13, 2021.

'Teen Rex': Rare fossil of adolescent Tyrannosaurus found by US kids

The discovery of the fossil, nicknamed "Teen Rex," was announced on Tuesday by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, where it will be studied and displayed.

 An artist’s reconstruction of the 67 million-year-old Cretaceous Period landscape of North Dakota with a juvenile T-rex

Gigantic marine reptile's fossils found by British girl and father

British girl finds fossil of massive ancient marine reptile in Somerset, England. Jawbone suggests creature rivaling blue whales, named Ichthyotitan severnensis.

 An assistant compares a fossilised tooth of a giant whale called Leviathan against the whale's fossilised jaw at the Natural History Museum in Lima June 30, 2010. The fossil of a giant whale called Leviathan for having teeth bigger than a grown man's forearms has been found in Peru by paleontologis

Mystery solved: Oldest fossil reptile found in the Alps is historical forgery

A new examination of the remnants declared that it was partly a phony and urged caution in how the fossil is used in future research.

 Tridentinosaurus antiquus was discovered in the Italian Alps in 1931 and was thought to be an important specimen for understanding early reptile evolution

Ancient fossil sheds light on how whales made move to water

The small whale, named for a pharaoh, provided big insights for scientists about the evolution of whales.

 Life reconstruction of Tutcetus rayanensis: A scene depicting two extinct basilosaurid whales, with the foreground individual preying on a nautilid cephalopod and another swimming in the background

Mummified bees from time of King Solomon found off coast of Portugal

Many such fossilized cocoons have been found, some going back 100 million years in the fossil record, yet none so far have been found with the preserved body of its occupant still inside.

 A honey bee

240-million-year-old giant amphibian fossil receives new recognition

The creature inhabited fresh waters in what is now known as the Sydney Basin during the Triassic period. It likely fed on ancient fish like Cleithrolepis but little else is known.

Arenaerpeton supinatus