Some of these tusks could reach over nine feet long. Stegotetrabelodon fossils have been found from Africa to the Arabian Peninsula in rocks between four million and eight million years old.

The Mleisa fossil footprints may have been made by a similar animal, perhaps an early elephant known as Stegotetrabelodon syrticus, which had four tusks, unlike the two-tusk elephants of today. There ...

A remarkable fossilized larva has been discovered by scientists with its brain and guts still intact. The fossilized creature is one of the earliest ancestors of a group known as arthropods, which ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Newly discovered Late Miocene fossil sites in the Central Anatolian Volcanic Province offer crucial insights into mammalian evolution. The presence of volcanic ...

When the first Prototaxites fossil was unearthed in 1843, it was mistaken for an ancient rotting conifer. But trees didn’t yet exist during the Silurian period, so what exactly was this thing ...

A new report illustrates a concerning dynamic: Record heat last year pushed countries to use more planet-warming fossil fuels to cool things down. By Claire Brown Last year was the hottest on ...

(Fossil) Fossil Group is looking for its next chapter under new leadership, even as it makes even deeper cuts and grapples with falling sales. The Richardson-based retailer, which sells watches ...

Suzy White receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust, and has previously received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers ...

Typically, amber forms over millions of years as tree resin fossilizes, but paleontologists have sped that up, creating amber-like fossils from pine resin in 24 hours. The technique could help ...

“It is really cool to have that in our park,” she said. “We really want to make sure that we can preserve the fossil. Get it into a place where people can see it better than where it’s currently ...