A recent discovery of Ice Age fossils in Central Texas reveals an extraordinary ecosystem.

Georges Cuvier, the 19th-century French anatomist who first recognized pterodactyls as flying reptiles, wrote that "of all ...

Then you move into the Ice Age exhibits, and this is where the museum really shines. The mastodon skeleton is the centerpiece ...

University of Chicago professor Paul Sereno hopes his space, Scitopia Chicago, inspires the next generation of scientists.

An international research team from Germany, the UK, and Greece has found evidence that wooden tools were used in Greece ...

In a new and ongoing exhibition, the American Museum of Natural History highlights the findings of Mark Norell and other ...

Hear paleontologist Ken Lacovara on Rowan On discussing the Edelman Fossil Park and how deep time and fossils inspire care ...

Paleontologist John Moretti searching for fossils in the stream that flows through Bender’s Cave. Credit: John Moretti. Deep beneath the limestone of Central Texas, an underground stream has yielded a ...

In 2000, researchers described an odd fossil found not far from Chicago. It had a round body, finlike structures on one end and a tangle of arms. The fossil was classified as an octopus and named ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With a wetsuit and goggles, paleontologist John Moretti searches for fossils in the stream that flows through Bender's Cave in ...

Unprecedented remnants from the Ice Age have been recovered from a water cave in Comal County. While snorkeling for fossils in Bender’s Cave, which is located on private land, University of Texas ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures ...