A chance glance at a museum display has led to the first-ever discovery of an ichthyosaur fossil in western Japan, dating ...

A dull brown disk of rock the size of a jelly doughnut that was plucked from the desert 20 miles west of the Strip is being hailed as the oldest fossil of a land animal ever found in Nevada.

The newly unearthed fossil has teeth that are comparable to a T. rex, according to National Geographic Explorer Diego Pol.

Using relative and radiometric dating methods, geologists are able to answer the question: how old is this fossil?

A fossil found in Argentina shows that up to the very end of the age of dinosaurs, they faced serious competition from other ...

The 61st annual Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show in East Peoria, Illinois brought together geology enthusiasts and families to ...

Whether they're cracking open rocks or scanning tiny changes in topography, geologists already work in three dimensions.

The new fossil was unearthed in a remote part of Argentinian Patagonia—and had teeth comparable to a T. rex, says National ...

Dig into the three different types of rock, and discover why only one of these types features fossils.

SCIENTISTS have discovered that a “punk rocker” dinosaur had metre-long spikes pointing out of its neck to protect it from ...

Fans want him to make their bed rock — thanks to his rock-hard abs and his rock-solid knowledge. Meet Fossil Daddy — a 36-year-old, queer paleontologist from Massachusetts who is using his ...