A new study by the University of Minnesota challenges previous classifications paleontologists use to determine how the ...

Whether they come from dino “dragons,” ancient pandas, or well-endowed crustaceans, fossil finds can offer exciting insights into the creatures that roamed the earth long before modern humans came ...

A new study is challenging accepted ideas about how ancient soft-bodied organisms become part of the fossil record. Findings suggest that bacteria involved in the decay of those organisms play an ...

Earth came into being roughly 4.5 billion years ago, and a new discovery in Canada indicates life developed not long after. Scientists studying ancient rock formations in Quebec have identified ...

The Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently approved the construction of a highway in Washington County. While many ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. It s strange to imagine Earth without ...

NorthWest Montana Fossils owners Aamon Jaeger and Chantel Ibach are pictured outside their Whitefish home on Aug. 14. Jaeger holds a Hypacrosaurus vertebrae and Ibach holds a Hypacrosaurus humerus.

A massive fossil measuring nearly seven feet long and more than three feet wide has been discovered near Covington, Kentucky, ...