Most people see the Central Valley as all agriculture,” one paleontologist said, but it’s a rich source of prehistoric ...

Researchers created 3D models of ancient tracks in Oregon’s John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. The study revealed a ...

Paleontologists are digging into the new dinosaur species found in Normandy, France. This 100 million-year-old predator, Caletodraco cottardi, lived during the Early Cretaceous period during Europe’s ...

NEW DELHI – Fossils unearthed during the construction of a water pipeline in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert have uncovered a bizarre dinosaur with a fearsome pair of curved claws. The newly identified ...

Patrick began fossil hunting as a teen; on one of their first dates, he and Annie went searching for dinosaur eggs. Once simmering, the debate over who gets to hunt for dinosaur fossils has become ...

A group of Earth scientists believes they probably were not. While it’s true that fossils from the final dinosaur era are comparatively rare compared to those that came before, it seems the ...

The museum's paleontology exhibit showcases fossils from the Ice Age to the late Triassic Period, including some of the earliest dinosaurs found in North America. Researchers at the museum ...

However, at face value, the fossils available for study from this time — more than 8,000 — suggest the number of dinosaur species peaked about 75 million years ago and then declined in the 9 ...

What makes this discovery even more significant is the fossil’s age. It dates back to the Carboniferous Period, which was over 300 million years ago—long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth.