The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period dinosaur.

Fossils don’t just show how living things have changed; they can also help us understand how the Earth has changed. Over millions of years the Earth’s surface shifts and changes. For example ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

A fossil can be studied to determine what kind of organism it represents, how the organism lived, and how it was preserved. However, by itself a fossil has little meaning unless it is placed ...

Recently, scientists discovered two rare fossils in Scotland's Isle of Sky that can provide crucial information about the evolution of mammals on Earth. For decades, a Jurassic era mammal ...

Garrison Blvd., Gastonia Participants can search for North Carolina fossils, meet live animals, mine for gemstones, explore the Dino Safari exhibit, talk to geologists and paleontologists, see a ...

How did humans evolve into the big-brained, bipedal ape that we are today? This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight, and the unifying ...