An international team of paleontologists has spent more than 15 years excavating and studying fossils from Africa to expand our understanding of the Permian, a period of Earth's history that began 299 ...

Fossil finds are exciting moments that sometimes introduce the world to an ancient mammal or dinosaur that existed millions ...

A young visitor to Badlands National Park made an extraordinary find. Seven-year-old Kylie Ferguson discovered the fossilized skull of an ancient saber-toothed predator. Experts identified the ...

Wind and solar power have crossed a line in Europe that once looked distant, supplying more electricity than fossil fuels across the European Union over the past year. The shift is not a statistical ...

One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far from the truth. One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed ...

Wankoe Formation, South Africa. Charles Helm, Author provided (no reuse) South Africa is well known for its fossil heritage, a record of plants and animals that tells us what the world was like long ...

A few teeth found in an outback fossil deposit have helped connect a 30-million-year blind spot in Australia's evolutionary history.

Were you the kid that spent hours digging in the dirt looking for treasures growing up? Or perhaps you’re still fascinated by the science of fossils and prehistoric creatures? Well, it’s not out of ...

One hour and 30 minutes. Bring kids to play paleontologist at nearby beaches in Calvert County, an hour-and-a-half drive from DC. Once you arrive, there are two options for fossil-hunting shores: ...

An artistic rendering of an evening approximately 252 million years ago during the late Permian in the Luangwa Basin of Zambia. The scene includes several saber-toothed gorgonopsians and beaked ...