For centuries scientists have imagined megalodon as an oversized great white shark. But would another shark provide a better ...

For years, a mysterious fossil specimen defied categorization, until one paleontologist made a surprising discovery.

A routine fossil-hunting trip turned into a groundbreaking discovery for a pair of researchers when they stumbled upon a rare ...

Dinosaurs may not have been declining before the asteroid impact after all – new research shows that the apparent drop in ...

Dinosaurs' Apparent Decline Prior to Asteroid May Be Due to Poor Fossil Record Apr. 8, 2025 — The idea that dinosaurs were already in decline before an asteroid wiped most of them out 66 million ...

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A Fossil First: Scientists Find 1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints of Two Different Species of Human Ancestors at Same Spot Nov. 28, 2024 — More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming ...

Palaeontology is a lot like detective work. You are presented with limited information, you have to piece together clues to ...

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Rare fossil of an ammonite preserved with a distinct mother of pearl iridescence, recently discovered by Dr. Chris Shelton and RSU student Kolby Dooling. A geology professor and his student at ...

If you've never been to Washington, D.C. before, plan to spend some time along the Tidal Basin, an approximately 107-acre pond encircled by a 2.1-mile loop trail. Constructed to use the strong ...