Some of the oldest fossils of "complex life" in the world have been found in a quarry in Wales. It is the first time such fossils have been precisely dated by scientists. The research shines a ...

Crinoid fossils are most commonly found in limestone deposits that were once ancient seabeds. These fossils often consist of ...

The skull - when lifted in a block of fossilised clay - weighed a tonne The largest UK example of a predator that roamed the seas at the time of the dinosaurs has been uncovered. The 33ft (10m ...

The specimen in question is an exquisite fossil of a gossamer-winged butterfly from the Isle of Wight. It is the only representative of its species ever found. Discovered in the Insect Limestone at ...

An analysis of tombstone fragments revealed fossilized remnants of a diverse group of shelled protist called foraminiferans, ...

Listen: Fossil-hunters Neville and Sally Hollingworth on their find Ancient fossil is earliest known animal predator Huge fossilised ‘sea dragon’ found in UK reservoir Sally Hollingworth The ...

During construction, millions of fossils were found at a California high school, including megalodon teeth, extinct dolphins, ...

Many different types of rocks can be found in Great Parks, from local fossil-rich limestone to igneous and sedimentary rocks brought here from the north by glaciers during the last Ice Age. Once a ...

Fossils have been found in rocks of all ages, stretching back billions of years. However, most of the species found in the fossil record have died out or become extinct. Fossils don’t just show ...

Ancient fish fossils predating dinosaurs by 140 million years have been found in a city centre paving slab. The remains, dating to around 385 million years ago, were spotted in the pavement ...

You can find fossils anywhere that has rocks of the right age and type. Fossils are usually found in sedimentary rock ... and Advisory Service in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Nature to learn about ...

Fossils can be found in surprising places and they can tell us about the past. We call all of the fossils we have found the fossil record. This record shows us how living things have changed from ...