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

When paleontologists dig up a fossil from the ground, how do they figure out the age of the piece of history? It’s not as simple as you may think. To discover more about jaw-dropping finds–like the ...

In what might be the coolest solution to "how to find fossils", a new study has revealed how we can take to the skies when ...

When paleontologists dig up a fossil from the ground, how do they figure out the age of the piece of history? It’s not as simple as you may think. To discover more about jaw-dropping finds–like the ...

A trove of specimens from New Mexico may help settle a long-running argument about the diversity of dinosaurs before their ...

Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, ...

Maybe that black cat that crossed your path wasn’t so bad after all. For the dinosaurs, an extinction-causing asteroid derailed what seemed to be a pretty good run. “It’s all just bad luck,” said New ...

Local resident Kevin Geist and his 11-year-old son Andreas discovered the skull two summers ago, spotting a strange black ...

An amateur fossil hunter in Prince Edward Island has found an animal footprint believed to be the oldest of its type ever ...