Researchers used a miniaturized laser mass spectrometer to identify signs of fossils in a gypsum quarry in Algeria. They suggest the same tool could find early ...

Machine learning holds great promise for classifying and identifying fossils, and has recently been marshaled to identify trackmakers of dinosaur ...

For centuries, massive teeth found along coastlines puzzled scientists and naturalists. Researchers later discovered these ...

Bring your fossils for in-person identification by a paleontologist (between 10am-noon and 2pm-4pm). If you don’t have a fossil, bring your questions, and get hands-on with real specimens at our ...

The first life on Earth formed four billion years ago, as microbes living in pools and seas: what if the same thing happened on Mars? If it did, how would we prove it? Scientists hoping to identify ...

Scientists analyzing 443-million-year-old Scottish fossils have uncovered the early evidence that some of the first groups of ...

LONG PINE, Neb. (KOLN) - On Saturday, people lined up outside of the entrance of the Heritage House Museum with containers in hand and what could be fossils. “This happens to be the bone bed for Ice ...

Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 feet-tall (1.40 meters) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed the Geiseltal region in southern Saxony-Anhalt. An international team of researchers report on the ...

Newtonsaurus cambrensis is very large, larger than most, if not all, contemporary predators. For a therapod dinosaur from the Triassic era to be so large is essentially unprecedented. Scientists in ...

A discussion on this area’s rocks and minerals will highlight National Fossil Day at the Rolling Hills Library. John Pope, a retired geology professor from Northwest Missouri State University, will ...

New Jersey is a hotspot for ancient fossils. With just a sifter, a trowel, and a sense of curiosity, you can come face-to-face with New Jersey’s prehistoric past. Dr. Dana Ehret, curator of natural ...