For more than 20 years, the Yixian Formation has produced exceptionally preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs, but a new ...

The discovery in Patagonia shows that frogs have had a tadpole stage for at least 160 million years. Here’s how the ancient frogs compare to those of today.

Incredibly well preserved dinosaurs at China fossil site were thought to have been buried in huge volcanic eruptions, similar ...

At the same time, core samples of rocks surrounding the fossils tended to be coarse grains ... their burrows collapsing rather than any major volcanic eruption. “The preservation of the ...

The Psittacosaurus dinosaur fossils discovered in the Yixian Formation stood out for their remarkable state of preservation.

Imagine walking through a forest where the trees are not made of wood but stone—ancient, fossilized remnants of a world that ...

Because volcanic ash deposits are associated with both upper ... He used a relatively new, extremely sensitive method to date both the fossils and the rocks around them. He determined that they hailed ...

There's an area in China that's home to a huge trove of dinosaur fossils. It was thought to be caused by a volcanic eruption. But new evidence has come to light about how it likely came to be.

Extraordinarily well preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs and other creatures got that way after being frozen in time by by volcanic eruptions, researchers have long suggested. Not so fast, says a ...

Chief Executive John Lee on Tuesday said authorities will make use of the first discovery of dinosaur fossils in Hong Kong to ...

City leader John Lee says new offerings will combine geopark’s existing attractions, such as hexagonal rock columns, with ...

The unprecedented discovery of dinosaur fossils in Hong Kong has sparked excitement and created an opportunity for the city to seize on the revelation to further develop tourism here, Chief Executive ...