Learn how shells found in a Turkish cave may show Neanderthals and modern humans shared culture, tools, and symbolic habits.

Before the oldest dinosaur, before animals or even plants had expanded onto dry land, ancient relatives of starfish called ...

A rare fossil discovery reveals soft tissue of an ancient crinoid. These delicate sea creatures lived over 450 million years ...

Crinoid fossils turn up by the millions, but this is just the second time that scientists have found one with soft tissues ...

Skeleton season may be just around the corner, but the skeleton age dawned with the early Cambrian Period, about 538 million to 506 million years ago. In this time span, most major animal groups ...

Tiny plankton shells used to reconstruct past polar ocean temperatures may contain two different chemical stories, a new study by iC3 researchers has found. The work shows that Neogloboquadrina ...

Rhode Island beaches offer a variety of finds for beachcombers, including sea glass, shells, rocks, and even fossils. Popular spots include Sachuest Point for rocks and shells, Barrington Town Beach ...