Paleontology is a profession that requires a lot of scientific skill and careful study. But a group of researchers in Utah found that luck also plays a part when they found a group of rare and ...

In the ancient rock formations of Greenland, the tiny tooth of a never-before-seen species was discovered. mahlersilvan via Unsplash Hundreds of millions of years ago, a lake lined with coarse ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Hispaniolan solenodon is a “living fossil” that survived the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. Its lineage has remained ...

The fossil is the earliest known multituberculate, a distant rodent relative. Aug. 20, 2013— -- What comes to mind when you hear the phrase "Jurassic Park"? Chances are it's images of a gigantic ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, a lake lined with coarse sediment was battered by heavy waves and storms. The water here was completely devoid of oxygen, but the land around the lake held ...