Learn how the fossils of ancient organisms help scientists navigate deep time — and uncover Earth’s hidden history.

Learn about how Earth’s history is written in its rocks with this excerpt from “How to Read a Rock” Jan Zalasiewicz The pine tree, in this age-old relationship, is supported by the rock, and gains ...

Beneath a grassy mountain valley in central Colorado lies one of the richest, most diverse fossil deposits in the world. Petrified redwood stumps up to 14 feet wide and thousands of detailed fossils ...

Tyrannosaurus rex roamed the Earth up to 68 million years ago, but paleontologists for about a century had no clues as to where this massive and iconic animal came from. That changed when a jawbone ...

A fossil once believed to belong to the ancient creature Dickinsonia has been debunked. Initially thought to date back around ...

Construction at a high school uncovered millions of fossils dating back nearly 9 million years. The fossils include unique species of fish that had never been found in the area before. The discovery ...

Credit for discovering the first dinosaur bones usually goes to British gentlemen for their finds between the 17th and 19th centuries in England. Robert Plot, an English natural history scholar, was ...

Fossils of two prehistoric marine molluscs with distinctive spiky “hairstyles” have been discovered and named Punk and Emo. Their strange appearance highlights the ancient diversity of molluscs – ...

ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — It's back and bolder than ever! The Rock and Fossil Fun Fair at the New York State Museum is back! The two-day event returns after a five-year hiatus and is one of the museum's ...

Members of the public are invited to bring their backyard fossil or rock finds to the South Dakota Mines Museum of Geology on Saturday for the annual Rock and Fossil ID Day. The free event will be ...

If you’re looking to explore Oregon’s unique landscapes without too much strain, the Painted Hills and John Day Fossil Beds ...