The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds.

Amateur fossil hunter Robert Beattie has been searching for remnants of the past ever since he was a child. Now, some of his ...

An extinct snake has slithered its way out of obscurity over four decades after its discovery. The newly described species of ...

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History opened a new exhibit Nov. 8 that provides a behind-the-scenes look showcasing rare ...

Scientists in Argentina discovered the oldest known long-necked dinosaur, Huayracursor jaguensis, revealing a much earlier ...

Learn how the fossils of ancient organisms help scientists navigate deep time — and uncover Earth’s hidden history.

A fossil once believed to belong to the ancient creature Dickinsonia has been debunked. Initially thought to date back around ...

Learn about three momentous dinosaur findings from the fossil record Paul M. Barrett Scientists who study dinosaurs make new discoveries in the field, extracting previously unknown specimens from the ...

Ancient Archives is a unique find in downtown Salt Lake City, where every nook and cranny is filled with real fossils, rare minerals, and ancient ...

More than 30,000 teeth, bones and other fossils from a 249 million-year-old community of extinct marine reptiles, amphibians, bony fish and sharks have been discovered on the remote Arctic island of ...

Among the most shared clips of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow from the new season of "Quarterback," the Netflix documentary featuring Burrow, Jared Goff and Kirk Cousins, features the ...