Step aside, carbon dating. Paleontologists date fossils based on the clues in the rocks surrounding them. When paleontologists dig up a fossil from the ground, how do they figure out the age of the ...

The questions of how humankind came to be, and whether we are alone in the universe, have captured imaginations for millennia ...

There’s not usually much activity in Northwest D.C.’s serene Mitchell Park. But did you know the rocky exterior wall holding the park’s hill in place at the corner of 23rd and S streets used to be ...

Researchers are looking at nature’s ancient flyers as inspiration for the future of flight. A team of scientists from The University of Manchester have revealed that bone fossils from close relatives ...