In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in ...

The display includes a lab in which visitors can interact with researchers. The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has made the behind-the-scenes inventory of rare fossils and other ancient artifacts ...

A new exhibit about Aurora’s Black history will open at the Aurora History Museum this summer, and there are two ways for community members to suggest what gets included in it. First, a community ...

In a case of mistaken identity, fossils from two whales were disguised as the backbones of a woolly mammoth. The fossilized remains were kept at a museum for decades ...

A funding crisis at the Museum of the Earth and the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, N.Y., could scatter priceless specimens and end nearly a century of pioneering research. A fossil of ...

Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora was the place to bring the heat Sunday as the brewery/restaurant and the Aurora Regional Fire Museum offered the ninth annual Sound the Alarm fundraiser and chili ...

A hidden gem of a museum with a treasure trove of fossils carefully tucked inside sits perched above Cayuga Lake. With over 7 million specimens, including a mastodon skeleton found in Upstate New York ...

The Aurora Regional Fire Museum is hosting the eighth annual Community Hero Day on Saturday, Oct. 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This free, family-friendly event celebrates our community’s heroes with ...

The Southern Minnesota Museum of Natural History features fossils that range from 7,000 to 7 million years-old. Image: Jim Pollard/Southern Minnesota Museum of Natural History. Get the Popular Science ...

AURORA, N.C. (WNCT) — The Aurora Fossil Museum has been named as a place to visit in Tripadvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards for 2025. The museum was recognized for their top-notch educational and ...

Louis Iocona has a passion for prehistoric pieces, like the tooth of a Squalicorax or "crow shark." "Even 60 million years later they're still razor sharp," he says. Iocona shares that enthusiasm ...

The pearl, discovered at a fossil quarry in Richmond, Australia, is estimated to be 100 million years old. Michelle Johnston Over 100 million years ago, long before the extinction of land-dwelling ...