Many of today's everyday items are destined to become fossils after millions of years, but scientists have suggested that ...

A new pterosaur species was recently discovered in the vomit of a dino. But that's just the start of revelations from ...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Fossils Are Where You Find Them -- 1. Fantastic Fossils -- 2. How Are Fossils Formed? -- 3. What Kinds of Rocks Yield Fossils? -- 4.

Scientists have uncovered three distinct ecosystems from the Carboniferous Period in Illinois' Mazon Creek fossil site. Preserved within siderite concretions, these fossils offer a detailed view of ...

A new study sheds light on how these reptiles become “mummies” and paints a picture of what these ancient animals looked like. Paul Sereno and his colleagues spent years painstakingly preparing this ...

Long before horses thundered across the plains, a plant-eating giant with hooves of its own left footprints in the mud. Newly described fossils of Edmontosaurus annectens—a duck-billed dinosaur that ...