Sensing the familiar jolt of adrenaline that surged anytime she came across a fossil, she called out to her husband, Patrick, who was digging nearby. Carefully, the two amateur paleontologists ...

Scientists have gained more insight into an extinct species of archaic humans after confirmation that the oldest human fossil in Taiwan is the remains of a Denisovan. Analysis of proteins extracted ...

To find answers, a team of researchers studied North America’s fossil record, focusing on the 18 million years before the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. The new analysis ...

Rare fossil of an ammonite preserved with a distinct mother of pearl iridescence, recently discovered by Dr. Chris Shelton and RSU student Kolby Dooling. A geology professor and his student at ...

Dr. Chris Shelton and student Kolby Dooling unearthed a rare, well-preserved ammonite fossil at a site in Oklahoma, and it wasn’t an ordinary fossil. This particular find shimmered with the ...

Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil’s surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated by a strong light positioned nearly parallel to the surface of the ...

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A chance encounter on Facebook might have landed the city a mascot and fundraising opportunity for its planned fossil park. Rick Spears, an artist and retired educator from the Atlanta area ...

A decline in fossil records from around 75 million years ago suggests they were already dwindling in number before the devastating asteroid strike. However, new research suggests that dinosaurs ...

Burrier, a director of public policy at Canadian fossil fuel giant TC Energy, said the study was largely to blame for public skepticism about whether liquefied natural gas (LNG) is as ...