New analysis shows several families of dinosaurs were likely thriving in North America in the latter days of the dinosaur era. Reading time 3 minutes Diversity is central to one of the biggest ...

This fossil discovery brought back memories from my childhood. Finding creatures that once lived in ancient oceans reminded ...

Finding fossils, finding hope in Minamisanriku Fossils are being discovered in Minamisanriku, which was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. A fisher is now leading fossil hunting ...

Japanese researchers helped identify a fossil uncovered in central Asia as a shark-toothed carnivorous dinosaur that once roamed the land as an apex predator before the tyrannosaur rose to dominance.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Fossils Are Where You Find Them -- 1. Fantastic Fossils -- 2. How Are Fossils Formed? -- 3. What Kinds of Rocks Yield Fossils? -- 4.

Geologic pressures force ancient layers of rock above ground, exposing their cargo of fossils. Paleontologist Kirk Johnson and artist Ray Troll... Finding Fossils Along U.S. Freeways Geologic ...

And if you don't believe us, just ask third-graders, their teachers and the chaperones who recently visited the Rockford Fossil and Prairie Park. Trust us, we learned a lot, including: - Over the last ...

The crews working on expanding Los Angeles' subway line keep running into a roadblock: 10,000-year-old fossils. They just keep popping up. Mammoths, mastodons, bison. Dave Sotero, the spokesman for ...