Were you the kid that spent hours digging in the dirt looking for treasures growing up? Or perhaps you’re still fascinated by the science of fossils and prehistoric creatures? Well, it’s not out of ...

Step aside, carbon dating. Paleontologists date fossils based on the clues in the rocks surrounding them. When paleontologists dig up a fossil from the ground, how do they figure out the age of the ...

Paleontologist and Geologist Dr. Ken Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about fossils. Can we extract dinosaur DNA from fossils? How is crude oil made from fossils? Where ...

ROYAL, Neb. (KCAU) — A group of Nebraska paleontologists spent time in Antelope County this weekend, helping residents identify the fossils they found themselves. According to paleontologists, fossils ...

The fossil, estimated to be about 70 million years old, was found during a drilling project. By Sopan Deb Have you ever searched for a pair of glasses, only to realize that they were on your head 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 ...

Each year since 2019, Southeast Missouri State University geoscience instructor Pamela Mills has taken students on a field trip to the Montana badlands through a partnership with Paleo X's Adventure ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Southeast Missouri State University students unearth several dinosaur fossils, including a Tyrannosaurus rex bone, during their field experience in the Montana Badlands ...