If you look closer at the building stones, tiles and pavements of the big city, you can find a hidden world of geology and ...

Imagine digging in your garden and coming across something unexpected: a fossil! Here's what you should do to identify it and figure out if it's valuable.

Were you the kid that spent hours digging in the dirt looking for treasures growing up? Or perhaps you’re still fascinated by the science of fossils and prehistoric creatures? Well, it’s not out of ...

Paleontologist and Geologist Dr. Ken Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about fossils. Can we extract dinosaur DNA from fossils? How is crude oil made from fossils? Where ...

The Texas Science & Natural History Museum hosted a fossil identification event on Oct. 15 in celebration of National Fossil ...

Newtonsaurus cambrensis is very large, larger than most, if not all, contemporary predators. For a therapod dinosaur from the Triassic era to be so large is essentially unprecedented. Scientists in ...

Scientists have successfully identified a previously unknown species to Southern California from fossilized seeds, revealing a drought-fueled dance between two species of juniper with lessons for the ...

Looking to beat the summer heat? How about splashing around in creeks hunting for fossils? Fossiling is a hands-on, watery adventure perfect for friends and families looking to explore nature, get a ...