Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

Coal, gas, and other fossil fuels are neither sustainable nor safe. We shouldn’t use them. Coal, oil, and methane gas are fossil fuels formed over time from the remains of living organisms. In the ...

And not to brag, but I’m quite good at it. I’m the first one friends and family go to when they need a present idea, and I’m ...

She showed it to Raymond Dart, her professor at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, who had encouraged his students to bring in any interesting fossil relics. Dart was interested in ...

Palaeontologists found the fossil in January 2020 while searching for feathered dinosaurs in Santa Cruz province in Argentina. “They did not achieve their goal,” says Mariana Chuliver at ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Famous fossil hunter Mary Anning found more than just extinct animals on Dorset's coastline. Fossil collector Mary Anning lived in Lyme Regis, Dorset, in the early 1800s. She is remembered for making ...

Excavating a fossil is only the beginning. It takes time, endless patience and skill to transform it into a museum-worthy exhibit. The fossils you see on display in museums and those in research ...

Scientists have revealed a new, remarkably complete fossil - a 16ft (5m)-long aquatic reptile from the Triassic period. The creature dates back 240 million years and has been dubbed a "dragon ...

The discovery comes from a fossil of an ancient firefly species that was initially discovered in 2016, trapped in 99 million-year-old Burmese amber from northern Myanmar. The beetle is only the ...

Vice President Kamala Harris would not support an expansion of fossil fuel drilling despite her recent campaign boasts about domestic oil production under the Biden administration. "Just to be ...

What are fossil fuels? What is renewable energy? Watch: Fossil fuels and renewable energy Activity: Quiz – Fossils fuels and renewable energy Burning fossil fuels creates carbon dioxide gas.