Mississippi has changed over millions of years and everything from sea monster to dire wolf fossils can be found here.

The latest research suggests that echidnas and platypuses originate from an aquatic ancestor, rather than a terrestrial one, ...

The latest research suggests that echidnas and platypuses originate from an aquatic ancestor, rather than a terrestrial one, ...

The fossil is a puzzle piece that can help paleontologists better understand insects that existed in the past—it's a new datapoint that allows scientists to discern which traits in ant and wasp ...

But they were really diverse and played lots of different ecological roles." The fossil record is a puzzle with many missing pieces, but discoveries like the one in Mallorca help complete the picture.

If further fossil finds confirm that Danuvius and perhaps ... Still, the discovery of Danuvius “adds an exciting piece to the puzzle” of ancient ape evolution, Williams says.

A new analysis, however, adds another piece to the Denisovan puzzle. In a study published ... [the fossilized jaw], enabled by relatively good fossil preservation and optimized protein extraction ...