A newly discovered trove of fossilized footprints provides what may be the first evidence of prehistoric diversity in ...

Since 1979, Dinosaur Provincial Park has provided paleontologists with troves of fossilized remains, mostly in the form of ...

Mirasaura grauvogeli had a featherlike crest and a tail like a monkey. “It's been a long time since I've been so blown away by a new fossil discovery.” ...

The discovery, in a bizarre animal not closely related to birds, could change how scientists think about the origin of ...

The giant ground sloth was given its scientific name Megalonyx jeffersonii by the US's third president and founding father Thomas Jefferson in 1797.

A juvenile Ceratosaurus, one of only four known specimens of the rare Jurassic carnivore, sold for $30.5 million at a Sotheby's auction. It was ...

A juvenile dinosaur fossil, Ceratosaurus nasicornis, has sold at Sotheby's New York for US$30.5 million (£22.7 million). It ...

From auction houses to the emergence of online retailers, the fossil trade risks robbing the world of research and educational opportunities Few people know that the great auction houses of the United ...

This left a gap in the fossil record, but Petrified Forest National Park didn’t get its name for nothing: The volcanic ash that burst from California’s Mojave Desert ended up in northeast Arizona’s ...

A juvenile dinosaur fossil, Ceratosaurus nasicornis, has sold at Sotheby’s New York for US$30.5 million (£22.7 million). It is part of a recent resurgence of art-market interest in fossils and natural ...

Walk through the Royal Saskatchewan Museum and you can’t miss Scotty, the largest T. rex ever found. The 40‑foot predator ...

Nicole Mercuri, 26, was walking along a Florida beach when she spotted a giant tooth that once belonged to a Megalodon, a ...