New Jersey is known for many things: the Jersey Shore, Atlantic City and the Sopranos. But it’s now becoming known for something else — a hotbed of dinosaur activity. When an asteroid hit Mexico 66 ...

Fossils are rare, but for paleontologists who know where to look, they can be found and studied. Every fossil is important, but some are more so than others, and one that was recently discovered is ...

Under McFetridge Drive in Chicago, two stories down in the catacombs of the Field Museum of Natural History, Jack Wittry slides open a handmade wooden drawer. There are thousands of such drawers that ...

Since excavations began on Nov. 12, 2015, more than 1,000 volunteers have unearthed fossils at Montbrook, according to Dr.

The event features a variety of activities, including fossil digging, gemstone mining, and dinosaur exhibits. Tickets are $18 per person and can be purchased at the door or online at schielemuseum.org ...

BACKGROUND: History can really come to life when children have the chance to dig for their own fossil bones. Since 1970, Poricy Park Conservancy has been preserving 250 acres of open space, wildlife ...

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 ...

But four or five times a year, they get down and dirty, digging for hours in search of buried treasure. They call themselves Dinosaur Hunters. Their treasure is a fossil -- sometimes entombed in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MANTUA, N.J. (PIX11) – If you’ve ever ...

Louis Iocona has a passion for prehistoric pieces, like the tooth of a Squalicorax or "crow shark." "Even 60 million years later they're still razor sharp," he says. Iocona shares that enthusiasm ...

New Jersey is a hotspot for ancient fossils. With just a sifter, a trowel, and a sense of curiosity, you can come face-to-face with New Jersey’s prehistoric past. Dr. Dana Ehret, curator of natural ...