Advanced CT imaging of rare Devonian lungfish fossils in Australia and China is revealing unexpected anatomical details.

For over a century, the scientific literature has credited western missionaries with "discovering" fossils in Lesotho, the small, mountainous country surrounded by South Africa. Subscribe to our ...

The Bridgewater Public Library will host a talk by "Fossil Daddy" from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18.

Ever since the first fossil was pulled from the sandstone formation at Hell Creek, Montana, at the turn of the last century, the Tyrannosaurus Rex has reigned supreme as the ultimate apex predator. In ...

“Apex,” the 150-million-year-old stegosaurus, at Sotheby’s Auction House in New York on July 10, 2024. Credit: Shutterstock On July 17, Apex the stegosaurus was sold at Sothebys in New York City for a ...

In Colombia, a fossil-collecting rancher has found a giant, flightless killer from 13 million years ago — and a missing link to the region’s evolutionary history. César Perdomo, a rancher and fossil ...

In the first of a new series, curator Dr Neil Adams shares the stories and science of the fossil mammal collection.

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. In 2003, archaeologists excavating inside Liang Bua, a cave ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Researchers from around the world visit a brown building across from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science that is only open to the public on certain ...

Before leaving on a fossil-hunting trip for a summer 2021 field paleontology class, a Montana State University junior made an ...

Sixty-five miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones movie breaks up the flat, monotone landscape. Consisting of shale, sandstone and rocks from an old coal ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Fake fossils are among us, passing almost undetected under the eye of ...