College Student Finds a 65-Million-Year-Old Triceratops Skull During Paleontology Dig in North Dakota
Harrison Duran, a dinosaur fanatic since childhood, discovered the partial triceratops skull on a dig in the Badlands of North Dakota.
Harrison Duran, a dinosaur fanatic since childhood, discovered the partial triceratops skull on a dig in the Badlands of North Dakota.
Thomas Jefferson thought mastodons might still be lurking somewhere out West—and he was determined to find them.
Construction workers were digging near Denver, Colorado when they discovered the bones of the three-horned dinosaur.
Scientists are eager to study the carnivore's severed head—which was found with its teeth, fur, and brain still intact after tens of thousands of years.
The Chauvet Cave paintings are tens of thousands of years old and depict iconic animals that are now extinct. Even Werner Herzog was impressed.
Sewer workers in Seymour, Indiana came across a peculiar discovery while digging on a farm. Bones belonging to a mastodon that date back to the Ice Age were buried there.
Avery Fauth was looking for shark teeth at North Topsail Beach in North Carolina when she found a Megalodon fossil the length of her palm.
This summer, the Bronx Zoo is hosting a Dinosaur Safari with 40 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs, including T. rex and Spinosaurus.
It might not bite or jump, but this long-dead spider is unsettling for another reason: Its eyes still appear to be illuminated.
'Galagadon' was believed to be similar to living bamboo sharks.
The fossil has been off display for the past year, but its upgraded digs at the Field Museum will be open soon.
It's deeply concerning to archaeologists and paleontologists who rely on the method.
It has razor-sharp teeth like a piranha's.
The foot spans 3 feet across.
How embarrassing.
Sloths—those symbols of loafers and loungers everywhere—weren't always so cute and cuddly.
A new study suggests their evolution helped us develop our social skills.
The subtropical coastline near Ruislip dates back to 56 million years ago.
It erodes at a rate of one inch per year.
This is the first direct evidence that the pesky arachnids once dined on feathered dinosaurs.
<em>Kumimanu biceae</em> would have dwarfed the penguins of today.
Paleoart: Visions of the Prehistoric Past explores the first 160 years of illustrating extinct species.
The name Borealopelta markmitchelli honors the man who spent more than five years revealing, bit by bit, the amazing creature encased in stone.
"I just knew it was not something that you usually find."