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Fossil hunting is quite the fun hobby, and if you want to indulge that interest, there are some specific places that you ...
Ever since the first fossil was pulled from the sandstone formation at Hell Creek, Montana, at the turn of the last century, the Tyrannosaurus Rex has reigned supreme as the ultimate apex predator.
Tyrannosaurus rex may be the most famous dinosaur to ever roam the Earth, but these days, it’s at the center of a very modern problem: the luxury fossil trade. According to a study published in ...
A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments ...
March 25 – Fossils unearthed during construction of a water pipeline in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia have revealed one of the oddest members of a rather strange group of dinosaurs, a creature ...
A little background on Grăunceanu: This open-air site was originally excavated in the 1960s, and researchers found thousands ...
A new species of fossil from 444 million years ago that has perfectly preserved insides has been affectionately named "Sue" after its discoverer's mom. The result of 25 years of work by a ...
In February, scientific journal Palaeontologia Electronica published “Following their footsteps: Report of vertebrate fossil tracks from John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon ...
The Alamosaurus is the largest known land dinosaur in North America. Big Bend National Park contains fossils from over 90 dinosaur species, some of which are unique to the park. A giant bone from ...
Scientists have raised concerns about the lack of Tyrannosaurus rex fossils for their research due to wealthy individuals buying them all. The mighty T. rex is one of the most iconic dinosaurs ...
Fossil enthusiast and geologist Chris Driesbach discovered the specimen on the Gaviota Coast in February last year, and alerted the museum to its presence. According to museum staff, the fossil is ...
The National Park Service (NPS) called the paleontological discovery at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument "groundbreaking," as it gives an idea of what the long-extinct animals lived like in ...