Their dream came spectacularly true on that momentous day in 1974. The Lucy fossil preserved skull fragments and a lower jaw ...

The National Fossil Act, introduced by Michigan Sen. Gary Peters and Indiana Sen. Mike Braun, passed unanimously in the ...

Bones of prehistoric ancestor to dolphins found in Summerville. The 29 million-year-old killer had knife-like teeth and a ...

When paleontologists hunt for fossils, they can encounter two different types. The first, "body fossils," are the remaining ...

The fossils date back to the Campanian Age, around 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago. One of the jaws still holds 12 teeth, while the other has six remaining. The rounded, blunt teeth are an inch ...

Google Doodle celebrates the discovery of Staurikosaurus, an early theropod dinosaur that offers key insights into the ...

Some of the discoveries are unique, including species that were previously unknown in the area, including a saber-tooth salmon. The fossils also suggest there may have been an island to the west ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the Staurikosaurus, a small dinosaur from the Late Triassic period, about 230 million years ...

This "living fossil" can grow as large as an alligator, has two rows of needle-sharp teeth, and such strong armor that it ...

Tiny chemical samples of teeth can infer its diet and body temperature too. It is also important for scientific debate that ...

Fossilized dinosaurs are emerging as a new asset class, subject to the whim of the market, exposed to the laws of supply and ...

Discovered in a German museum but potentially smuggled from Brazil, this lizard fossil ignited fierce debates over scientific ...