New dating has revealed that New Mexico's last dinosaurs were healthy, diverse and thriving at the end of the Cretaceous ...

A new study sheds light on how these reptiles become “mummies” and paints a picture of what these ancient animals looked like ...

When most people hear the term Earth science, they think of fossils tucked into stone, or perhaps the study of volcanoes and earthquakes. While those are indeed part of the field, Earth science is far ...

A pair of Edmontosaurus specimens found in a Wyoming dig help researchers to understand the process that led them to be ...

A trove of specimens from New Mexico may help settle a long-running argument about the diversity of dinosaurs before their ...

Wyoming’s “dinosaur mummies,” once thought to preserve fossilized flesh, are actually detailed clay molds formed by microbes ...

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...

Step aside, carbon dating. Paleontologists date fossils based on the clues in the rocks surrounding them. When paleontologists dig up a fossil from the ground, how do they figure out the age of the ...

Indigenous Australians may have been early "paleontologists," not big-game hunters, according to a new analysis ...

Researchers have developed a novel application of histological staining to screen for ancient proteins in situ—within the ...