Discover new fossil excavations and dinosaur footprints at the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site, now stepping into a new ...

Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park continues to offer important glimpses of prehistoric life in Nebraska.

Paleontologist Ken Lacovara never expected to find critical fossil data in a New Jersey suburb—let alone info about the ...

DNR fisheries technicians happened to be near the area where the stranding was reported, and were quick to help.

State paleontologists guide participants through a Dickinson-area dig, where fossils of ancient mammals and other animals ...

Scientists are searching some of Earth’s oldest rocks for tiny fossils that could reveal how simple microbial life made the extraordinary leap toward plants, animals, and other complex organisms.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Anderson Taylor, who has become the Guinness World Record holder for youngest male museum curator. He opened a natural history museum at age 9. : [POST-BROADCAST ...

Local officials are seeking answers in the death of a Black woman found hanging from a tree behind a vacant house in Jackson, Mississippi, earlier this week as her family demands justice. Tasia ...

In the heart of urban Los Angeles lie the La Brea Tar Pits, a group of natural asphalt seeps made famous by the millions of ice age fossils preserved within the bubbling, dark pools of goo.

A homicide investigation is underway after two bodies were discovered in an Arizona family's backyard, and the alleged suspect is believed to have fled the country, authorities announced Thursday. The ...

PADUCAH — Local children had the opportunity to become geologists Tuesday, sifting through Kentucky rocks and fossils at the McCracken County Public Library. John Tillson, retired geologist, led his ...