Serpentine-necked, four-flippered plesiosaurs were among the most successful marine predators in the time of dinosaurs. A remarkably complete and well-preserved fossil has revealed that at least some ...

An extraordinary fossil bed in the arid grasslands of the Australian continent, called McGraths Flat, really is the Lagerstätte that keeps on giving. Just a few years after uncovering a trove of ...

The United States' national parks, especially those in the American West, are famous for their amazing dinosaur discoveries. The aptly-named Dinosaur National Monument, which overlaps Utah and ...

Since the first scientific recognition of dinosaur fossils in the early 19th century, these animals have captivated our attention. How could the same planet that we call home have produced such ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Jeffrey Martz is the curator of paleontology at The Museum at Texas Tech. “We actually have one of the most important collections in the world of fossils from the beginning of ...

"The fossils are out there, wind and rain weathering them, while people argue about who is allowed to collect them and who isn't. After a year or two of exposure, any fossil begins to disintegrate and ...

Correction & clarification: A prior version of this story misstated the title of Charles Darwin’s book. MANTUA, N.J. − Kenneth Lacovara's career in paleontology has taken him around the world: He's ...

(via SciShow) Every year, we dig up the most amazing fossil discoveries and explore what they reveal about the ancient past. Here are the winners from 2025!

Bring your fossils for in-person identification by a paleontologist (between 10am-noon and 2pm-4pm). If you don’t have a fossil, bring your questions, and get hands-on with real specimens at our ...

(This program is no longer streaming). Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs in a fiery global catastrophe. But we know little about how their successors, the mammals, ...