A set of rare fossils has revealed a previously unknown and "absolutely unique" type of tree that was present on Earth around 350 million years ago. These prehistoric trees represent not only a new ...

ANY RECREATIONAL DRUGS. A NEW EXHIBIT IS OPEN AT THE NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE. IT IS CALLED ANCIENT LIFE AND SHOWCASES SOME OF NEW MEXICO’S OLDEST LIFE FORMS. I BEGAN ...

The fossil, found by Jay Anderson in a Steele County gravel pit, was identified as belonging to the genus Endoceras, from the Paleozoic Era. Michael Kjelland (left), a professor from Mayville State ...

For millions of years, the land we now call the United States has been home to towering prehistoric beasts, strange sea creatures, and lush ancient forests that no longer exist. Evidence of this ...

Materials are from the Charles Walcott Collection, and include field notes, photographs, sketches and stratagraphic sections detailing Walcott's observations and work in geology and paleontology, ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

For more than half a century, some of Earth’s strangest fossils looked like they had washed in from an alien world. Pillow-shaped impressions, quilted fronds and ribbed disks sat in museum drawers, ...

In a twist worthy of a detective novel, a long-misidentified fossil at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) has emerged as a key discovery in early animal evolution. Originally described in ...

A model of the ancient tree with a simplified branching structure for easier visualization and humans provided for scale. A fossil dating back many millions of years offers a snapshot of a world where ...