A group of climbers discovered fossilized traces in Italy that suggest ancient sea turtles experienced a massive panic. These unusual markings, embedded in limestone, have shed light on a mysterious ...

A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton discovered in Patagonia is helping scientists crack the mystery of alvarezsaurs, a bizarre group of bird-like dinosaurs. The fossil of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis ...

Ischigualasto Provincial Park in Argentina, often known as the “Valley of the Moon,” is a spectacular desert landscape filled with massive red rock formations and ancient geological structures. The ...

Trading gems, minerals, fossils and meteorites can be fraught with controversy and ethical ambiguity. But is the answer to ...

If you thought that crocodiles were menacing enough, be glad that you didn’t live in Arizona some 225–201 million years ...

But hiding along a stretch of Interstate 90 in Central Washington is a geological marvel that rivals anything you’d find on ...

Just as geology created the conditions for human habitation in the Fertile Crescent, those same tectonic movements created the stage for today’s hydrocarbon-based conflicts.

This is a new field trip to a sand pit near Shoofly that contains small fossils and petrified wood from ancient Lake ...

Fruita’s location makes it an ideal stop for anyone traveling through western Colorado. It’s just minutes from Grand Junction and right off Interstate 70, so you can easily add it to your itinerary ...

Scientists used a particle accelerator to reconstruct the 3.7-million-year-old face of Little Foot, one of the most complete ...

Professor Loren E. Babcock examines the key processes of fossilization in paleontology, highlighting the critical role of ...

A research team led by Dr. Márton Rabi from the Biogeology Department of the University of Tübingen, together with Máté ...