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 ...

Sixty-five miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones movie breaks up the flat, monotone landscape. Consisting of shale, sandstone and rocks from an old coal ...

Mazon Creek 50 miles south of Chicago has been described as one of the most spectacular fossil beds in the world. “Trailblazer” is a story of perseverance, hope and a letter to future generations ...

One of the "world's best fossil sites" is located just an hour outside of the Windy City, according to Chicago Field Museum researchers. Dr. Argan Mann, assistant curator of early tetrapods at the ...

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One small event made Francis Tully’s life extraordinary. Almost 70 years ago, the Texaco pipe fitter and amateur explorer found something inside a rock previously unseen by humans. The rust-colored ...