When Phil Stokes discusses trilobites, mucrospirifer brachiopods or bryozoans, his eyes light up and his speech accelerates. He is clearly the right man for his job: running one of the nation’s ...

Vera Korasidis works for the University of Melbourne. I’m a palaeontologist. That means I study fossils and learn about the ancient history of life on Earth. People ask me lots of questions about ...

An amateur fossil hunter found a mammoth tusk in a Mississippi creek. Experts said it was the first mammoth tusk found in the state. Mammoth tusks can offer unique insight into their lives, including ...