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

Step aside, carbon dating. Paleontologists date fossils based on the clues in the rocks surrounding them.

Calculating a fossil's position throughout geological history is a complex process. In paleontology and other disciplines, ...

Until now, the earliest known instance of human interest in ichthyosaurs was in 1699, but a peculiar discovery pushes that ...

A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil billed as one of the world's largest and most complete specimens was sold for a record $50.1 ...

A rare 450-million-year-old fossil with preserved soft tissue is revealing how some of Earth's earliest reef animals lived ...

Research on Spriggina floundersi fossils found the wormlike creatures favored their right sides, a behavioral preference in ...

The trend toward private collectors snapping up scientifically significant dinosaur fossils is something of an embodiment of widening wealth gaps across the globe. But the habit isn't just ...

To paleontologists like me, however, a fossil like “Gus” – excavated from the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota over three ...

A routine visit to a museum drawer left one paleontologist speechless when a fossil dismissed for decades turned out to ...

In a booming fossil market, the T. rex had been dethroned by a stegosaurus. No longer. By Julia Jacobs and Zachary Small ...