Kyle tries geocaching for the first time in Gainesville, Florida, but he does not show up empty-handed. Instead of leaving ordinary trinkets, he brings fossil shark teeth, crystals, an echinoid, a ...

For decades, people imagined Megalodon as a giant version of a great white shark, but new research suggests that picture was ...

Centuries before modern science could more accurately explain the natural world, brief animal sightings often inspired terrifying legends of mysterious beasts, scaled dragons, and sea serpents. These ...

The tooth of an extinct baby mammoth is considered a rare find in Mississippi and it will be at a museum in June.

Yet here we are, and that’s exactly what happens at Fossil Beach in Westmoreland State Park near Montross, where the Potomac ...

Maira Mendez recently completed her bachelor’s degree in geosciences at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

Ancient shark fossils uncovered in Ireland are offering scientists a rare glimpse into marine life that existed more than 330 ...

The beaches we enjoy today were once ancient oceans.

The first ever fish fossils have been discovered in the Burren. The unearthing of 330 million year-old fossil shark teeth has ...

Hidden along Florida’s Gulf Coast is one of the most unusual fossil-hunting destinations in the United States. Venice, ...