In 1875, when Nevada was still in its infancy as a state, the seventh session of the Legislature created a fund to pay ...

These 8 dinosaur attractions in Florida combine fun and education with larger-than-life replicas and hands-on activities.

New research suggests that humans, new to the Americas, lived alongside giant ground sloths and mastodons for millennia.

Contrary to Cope's Rule, today's animals, including polar bears, are shrinking due to climate change and human impacts.

Named “Ninumbeehan dookoodukah” by Eastern Shoshone students and elders, the creature burrowed in riverbeds to stay moist during extreme droughts Eli Wizevich History Correspondent A fossil ...

Paleontologist Charles Helm says the fossil tracks, known as Magnoavipes, date back to the late Cretaceous period. (Charles Helm - image credit) Scientists say they have discovered a fossil track ...

Paleontologist Charles Helm and geologist Roy Rule authored a paper on their discovery of a track last year known as Magnoavipes that dates back to the late Cretaceous period. Magnoavipes ...

Scientists say they have discovered a fossil track in northeastern British Columbia that is about 95 million years old. Paleontologist Charles Helm and geologist Roy Rule authored a paper on their ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An aerial view shows a research team standing alongside the fossil footprint trackway at the excavation site ...

When paleontologist Martin Qvarnström began peering inside 230-million-year-old fossilized dinosaur dung using an advanced X-ray technology, he wasn’t sure he’d see anything of interest.