Radioactive minerals in eggshells can help scientists pinpoint a fossil’s age with stunning accuracy. Scientists excavate dinosaur egg nests in Mongolia's Eastern Gobi Basin. National Geographic ...

This 30-million-year-long gap is actually rather helpful to Darwin. It means that there was plenty of time for the ancestor ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. If you grab the ancient musk ox by the horns, you just might find a new genus and species. A New Mexico fossil ...

If you grab the ancient musk ox by the horns, you just might find a new genus and species. A New Mexico fossil has been determined to be a new genus and species of an ice age relative of the musk ox.

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

Legend once had it that the huge, three-toed footprints scattered across the central highlands of Bolivia came from supernaturally strong monsters - capable of sinking their claws even into solid ...

This video uncovers a surprising lineup of exceptionally small dinosaurs that once roamed prehistoric landscapes. It explores how their size helped them adapt to predators, shifting climates, and ...

A new study led by a researcher from the School of Zoology and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University examined dinosaur fossils preserved with their feathers and found that ...

An ancient lake that thrived during the last Ice Age has reemerged in California's Death Valley National Park, after a record spell of rainfall hit the area, the National Park Service said. Informally ...

The water was murky, but what we found was crystal clear a glimpse into a prehistoric world. From mammoth-sized bones to reptile fossils, this hunt turned into an epic adventure through time. Wave of ...

Federal agents used pepper spray to push through an angry crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked identifications in a heavily Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis on Tuesday, amid the Trump ...

Kids, parents and teachers in Australia are waking up to a new world after a government ban on social media for people younger than 16 went into effect overnight. But like many others, 16-year-old ...