Scientists discovered molecular fossils that reveal sponges were among Earth’s earliest animals.

"In the world of paleontology, anything this unusual is important and we feel privileged to be able to interpret them," the ...

Dinosaur stories are often written for children, with a cast of neon cartoon characters or animatronic models. But for adults ...

The St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site invites adventurers, science enthusiasts and families to step into the shoes of a ...

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 ...

Unique soil makes this New Jersey quarry a prehistoric fossil hotspot.

The authors of a study of the specimen conclude the elephant was butchered using small stones, as indicated by both the ...

Caroline Lynn Kamerlin receives funding from the NASA Exobiology program. Liam Longo receives funding from the NASA Exobiology program. The questions of how humankind came to be, and whether we are ...

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 ...

Megaraptorans were known for their elongated skulls and powerful claws. Paleontologists in Argentina have discovered a new predatory dinosaur -- the fossils of which contained a crocodile bone within ...