Little is known about the early history of lizards, snakes and their kin. New fossil discoveries reveal a complex ...

Learn about a 480-million-year-old leech fossil that revealed that ancient leeches didn’t have the biological components ...

The fossil of a previously unknown reptile that had snake-like fangs and lived about 167 million years ago has been discovered on Skye.Experts said their research had revealed it to be a new species ...

Expert Michael Root spoke with Popular Mechanics to explain how New Jersey’s sandy soils make the quarry the perfect hotspot ...

Step aside, carbon dating. Paleontologists date fossils based on the clues in the rocks surrounding them. When paleontologists dig up a fossil from the ground, how do they figure out the age of the ...

Raleigh Parks and Recreation's 'All About Fossils' event educated attendees on fossil formation and significance in North Carolina.

The priceless pages at D.C.’s National Archives tell the story of America’s birth. But did you know that inside the building itself, there’s another even more ancient story hidden in the walls and the ...

It stands to reason that a 95 million-year-old tooth shipped to my home would have a rich past. But what ensued after I bought it online for about $100 revealed how, for such relics and those who ...

Jim Pollard is bringing bison bones, fossilized mammoth poop, and more to Blue Earth's 3,000 residents.

Tucked away in a remote bonebed in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park laid hundreds of fossils, including a fragile jawbone belonging to one of the oldest-known flying reptiles: the pterosaur.

Fossils from more than 600 species can be found in the area dating back to 23 million years ago. Forgive Felicia Ludwig for getting all cosmic about it, but that’s just how she feels about fossil ...