New dinosaur fossils were discovered at the Dinosaur National Monument, leading to the first excavation there in more than ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

Digitization will soon allow researchers around the globe to access the latest specimens in the National Fossil Collection Abigail Eisenstadt Ammonites are a family of prehistoric marine mollusks that ...

Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...

In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any ...

The Quarry Trail (Q1, Q2) takes visitors through the bottom of the abandoned quarry. The rock walls surrounding the quarry bottom are composed of limestone. Limestone consists mainly of calcium ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — One of the things Kentuckiana is known for is its beautiful scenery. Those scenic features – and our diverse variety of wildlife – can be attributed to the area’s geological history.

When someone mentions the Cretaceous Period, what pops into many people’s minds are the dinosaurs, especially Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus, often fighting each other, although that is an unlikely ...

A 10 million-year-old juvenile shark fossil that Cal State Fullerton geology student Crystal Cortez is studying in the university’s geological sciences lab was found nearly 25 years ago during the ...

The Royal Commission for Al-Ula announced on Thursday the documentation and publication of rare fossils of a horseshoe crab ...

Geology has inspired everything from great science fiction television to Darwin's theory of evolution. In fact, the master of modern horror himself, H.P. Lovecraft, based some of his best stories on ...