Researchers have discovered a fossilized skin they say is the oldest on record. The crocodile-like skin, which is at least 286 million years old, was preserved in an ancient, infilled cave in ...

The earth doesn’t give up its secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind” in South Africa, where a wealth of fossils relating to human evolution have been found. For decades, scientists ...

This historic find was dino-mite. Scientists have discovered a trove of rare dinosaur bones dating back 115 million years at Maryland’s aptly named Dinosaur Park, marking the first dinosaur “bone bed” ...

Over the past two years, millions of fossils have been found beneath a Los Angeles high school. Paleontologists say the finding is notable for its size and diversity. A construction project at a Los ...