The fossils, uncovered in Staffordshire’s White Peak region, belonged to goniatites — extinct relatives of modern squid and ...

Jack Wonfor (pictured) is among the fossil hunters on the Isle of Wight who found a 211-pound fossilized seashell. It’s a 115-million-year-old ammonite, best described as a “squid-like cephalopod ...

A fossilized dinosaur egg discovered in central India has turned out to be even stranger than it first appeared. Inside the ...

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Marine fossils discovered in England’s Peak District reveal detailed life from a tropical sea that covered the region 340 ...

A collection of fossil shells from marine snails and clams is challenging a theory that says the world’s deadliest mass extinction was accompanied by severe ocean acidification. Instead of showing ...

How smushed shells could help to resolve paleontological mysteries. By Asher Elbein You never know where a bit of unusual scientific research is going to lead. Consider a 2012 study about turtle ...