It finally happened. We teamed up for a classic day of SCUBA diving in a Florida river in search of Ice Age fossils. These waters date back to the Pleistocene, between 1.8 million and 10,000 years old ...

It was a hot day, so scuba diving in a Florida river was the perfect way to cool off. While underwater, we searched for Ice ...

Ancient bees built nests in the hollows of rodent skulls, a new study suggests L. Viñola López et al., Royal Society Open Science, 2025 under CC BY 4.0 People often appreciate fossils for the insights ...

A new study led by UCC paleontologists discovered that frogs have conserved their ecology in the last 45 million years. The research is published in the journal iScience. Dr. Daniel Falk, together ...

While you can meet Santa and his elves at most Christmas-themed events, no other holiday attraction has a Scuba Santa. At Newport Aquarium's Scuba Santa's Water Wonderland, visitors are invited to one ...

In 2009, Yohannes Haile-Selassie and his team were combing the desert landscape of Burtele, a paleontological site in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, when Stephanie Melillo found something remarkable: an ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. An unusual type of fossilized fish can be found within the limestone ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Don't miss the latest investment and personal finances news, market analysis, plus money-saving ...

The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds. By Alexa Robles-Gil Millions of years ago, squid-like creatures called ammonites swam ...

When geology professor Jason. W. Ricketts set out to study rock formations in West Texas, he didn't expect to come back with a dinosaur. The University of Texas at El Paso researcher was conducting ...

A new study sheds light on how these reptiles become “mummies” and paints a picture of what these ancient animals looked like. Paul Sereno and his colleagues spent years painstakingly preparing this ...

The 67 million-year-old fossils were found in Hell Creek Formation in Montana. Fossils paleontologists initially thought belonged to a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex actually belong to a new species of ...