You’ve heard of carbon dating, but it’s not used for dinosaur fossils. Find out what methods scientists use to determine the ...

A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth ...

Researchers have found fossil evidence of varied creatures wooing and mating, as they continue to search for the telltale ...

Think fossils are rare? You might just dig one up in your own backyard, if the conditions are right. Discover what makes ...

Scientists reclassified a long-misunderstood fossil from Brazil as a new genus, Franscinella riograndensis. Using advanced ...

Two baby pterosaur fossils contain rare evidence of how they died 150 million years ago — and the specimens solve a larger ...

Insects in 112-million-year-old amber from Ecuador reveal a prehistoric rainforest and new clues about South America’s ...

Large aquatic lizards used to populate the planet's oceans–and you can find their fossils in suburban New Jersey.

Mcwane Science Center recently collected a new fossil that tells us more about the ancient climates of Alabama and how our history can better inform our future.

The first dinosaur eggshell ever found from the Lance Formation in Niobrara County has paleontologists excited. They believe ...

The fossil was identified as a “tridimensional partial rostrum” fragment, or the part of an upper jaw close to the tip, or end, of a prehistoric animal, according to a study published Sept. 23 in the ...