Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...

Tenontosaurus fossils found in West Texas, the southernmost record of the dinosaur and a key to the Early Cretaceous.

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 ...

Ranger David Ward, who was there when the find was made, said: "I said 'have you drawn [the markings] on the rock?' because ...

Tim Rose in Hawaii, where he collects specimens related to the study of the volcano Kilauea and its explosive history. Rose has been a part of the project for more than 20 years. Credit: Image ...

Under McFetridge Drive in Chicago, two stories down in the catacombs of the Field Museum of Natural History, Jack Wittry slides open a handmade wooden drawer. There are thousands of such drawers that ...

A collection of fossils has pushed back the evolutionary legacy of squids by more than 50 million years on Earth. These fossilized beaks emerged from the Cretaceous rocks in Japan, according to Cosmos ...

Fossils of two prehistoric marine molluscs with distinctive spiky “hairstyles” have been discovered and named Punk and Emo. Their strange appearance highlights the ancient diversity of molluscs – ...

ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — It's back and bolder than ever! The Rock and Fossil Fun Fair at the New York State Museum is back! The two-day event returns after a five-year hiatus and is one of the museum's ...

New research challenges the view that rock wallabies rarely leave their rocky homes, with implications for modern ...