When geology professor Jason. W. Ricketts set out to study rock formations in West Texas, he didn't expect to come back with a dinosaur. The University of Texas at El Paso researcher was conducting ...

A 21-million-year-old fossil found along Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula has been recovered in what has been described as one of the largest and most complicated excavations in the state's history.

Longtime fossil collector Barry Norbeck donated thousands of shells and other invertebrate fossils to the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, Md., on Jan. 9, 2026. Museum officials described the ...

Scientists have discovered a rare, 520-million-year-old fossil with a highly unusual detail: its internal organs are preserved. The findings were published in Nature, a peer-reviewed scientific ...

Recently-revealed notebooks belonging to a late paleontologist contain the missing information needed to help researchers finish their study of a remarkable fossil discovered nearly three decades ago.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Aug 30, 2025, 01:53pm EDT Aug 30, 2025, 02:18pm EDT Dickinsonia ...