Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

The event features a variety of activities, including fossil digging, gemstone mining, and dinosaur exhibits. Tickets are $18 per person and can be purchased at the door or online at schielemuseum.org ...

Ancient fossils from Moroccan caves, dated with rare precision, offer rare insight into early human evolution.

The unique features of Mosura fentoni astounded paleontologists. Paleontologists have discovered that a three-eyed sea moth predator lived on Earth half a billion years ago with evidence found in one ...

Learn about three momentous dinosaur findings from the fossil record Paul M. Barrett Scientists who study dinosaurs make new discoveries in the field, extracting previously unknown specimens from the ...

Year after year, students have walked the halls of San Pedro High School in Los Angeles. What seemed to be an ordinary renovation turned out to be an extraordinary discovery when a trove of ancient ...

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Twenty years ago, a cave diver found thousands of fossils in a blue hole on Great Abaco Island. The fossils reveal the island's Ice Age history, with pristine specimens of now-extinct species.

The birds of today descended from the dinosaurs of yore. Researchers have known relatively little, however, about how the bird's brain took shape over tens of millions of years. "Birds are one of the ...