(CNN) — A 280 million-year-old fossil thought to be a well-preserved specimen of an ancient reptile is largely a forgery, according to new research. The fossil, initially discovered in the Italian ...

The Milwaukee Public Museum has more than four million artifacts in its collections, including many rocks and fossils that tell the history of the world. If you head to the geology department in the ...

What: Fall Rock Swap and Open House. When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Where: D.W. Correll Museum, 19934 E. Pine St. in Catoosa. Event highlights 1. Eric Hamshar, director of the D.W. Correll Museum, ...

A chance glance at a museum display has led to the first-ever discovery of an ichthyosaur fossil in western Japan, dating back around 220 million years. Initially mistaken for a common bivalve fossil, ...

The American West is world-famous for its distinctive landscapes and unique geological formations. Much of the West consists of striking deserts, mountains, and grasslands that evoke images right out ...

Iron-rich rocks at McGraths Flat preserve Miocene rainforest life in remarkable detail, reshaping ideas about how and where ...