In a remote mine in Canada, a chance strike from an excavator revealed something few paleontologists ever get to see: a ...

In the quiet layers of rock, footprints, bones, and leaves tell a story of worlds lost, and of our own uncertain future. The ...

Adiel Klompmaker, curator of the paleontology collection for the UA museums, has named a prehistoric crab species in honor of Nick Saban.

Between 443.7 and 416 million years ago, three orthocone cephalopods died in Door County in the same spot, at roughly the ...

Dinosaur stories are often written for children, with a cast of neon cartoon characters or animatronic models. But for adults who never outgrew their fossil fascination, the Canadian province of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Rock hyraxes, known in southern Africa more often as "dassies," are furry, thickset creatures with short legs and no ...

An examination of an aquatic, shrimplike creature that lived half a billion years ago offers insight into how arthropods with mandibles became so common. By Rebecca Dzombak About 70 percent of the ...

Hermit crabs move into other animals’ discarded shells as shelter, because the ocean is a treacherous place, full of hungry predators. Half a billion years ago, another creature evolved the same ...

One 3D fossil resembled a singing animatronic fish toy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A farm in England was the unlikely source ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Fossils are everywhere in Kansas but there are some places where your chances of finding a link to the past are greater than others. The Sunflower State is home to numerous types of ...