Ireland is an unlikely candidate for dinosaur fossils but two were found on Islandmagee beach, two decades apart.

Paleontologist and Geologist Dr. Ken Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about fossils. Can we extract dinosaur DNA from fossils? How is crude oil made from fossils? Where ...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Fossils Are Where You Find Them -- 1. Fantastic Fossils -- 2. How Are Fossils Formed? -- 3. What Kinds of Rocks Yield Fossils? -- 4.

A team of scientists led by Brian J. Pickles from the University of Reading paid attention to a tiny, overlooked clue. They ...

These fossils, which include teeth, bones, and remains of ancient marine reptiles, amphibians, bony fish, and sharks, come ...

Amateur fossil hunter Robert Beattie has been searching for remnants of the past ever since he was a child. Now, some of his ...

The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds.

Over 500 million years ago, the Cambrian Period sparked an explosion of skeletal creativity. Salterella, a peculiar fossil, ...

A discovery deep in the rocky terrain of West Texas is changing what scientists know about dinosaurs that once roamed this region. Dr. Jason W. Ricketts, a geology professor at UTEP, uncovered fossils ...