Their soft external skeletons don't typically preserve well -- except at a few exceptional sites around the world. There is one remarkable spot in the south of France, where fossils of spiders ...

When we think of fossils it is usually of dinosaurs, or perhaps the beautiful spiral shape of an ammonite picked up on a beach during a summer holiday. We see fossils as ancient relics of the deep ...

New research has transformed scientists' understanding of how spectacular fossils with delicate soft tissues form.

Researchers at MU and the University of Texas-Austin studied why Jurassic fossils are so well-preserved and so shiny.

What do budding paleontologists need to know before starting their search? In Fantastic Fossils, Donald R. Prothero offers an accessible, entertaining, and richly illustrated guide to the ...