(CNN) – An amateur fossil hunter has uncovered a disgusting yet amazing find on a beach in Denmark – a piece of animal vomit dating back 66 million years. A local museum says the man noticed a strange ...

MANTUA, N.J. − Kenneth Lacovara's career in paleontology has taken him around the world: He's explored the Gobi Desert, led expeditions in Egypt and found massive dinosaur bones in Patagonia. But one ...

While it seems like researchers are finding new fossils all the time, it is actually quite rare for an animal to become fossilized. The vast majority of all animals that ever lived do not become ...

Correction & clarification: A prior version of this story misstated the title of Charles Darwin’s book. MANTUA, N.J. − ...