A remarkable fossil hidden in a museum collection for decades is helping scientists rethink one of the biggest mysteries in ...

When the remains of prehistoric creatures were discovered in Europe and the United States, it opened up a vociferous debate on the nature of time and the purpose of science. A lithograph illustrating ...

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New research published in BMC Biology helps to fill in questions about the so-called "Furongian gap" from about 497 million to 485 million years ago, when paleontologists previously thought there were ...

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...

What are some events that all of us have had in our lives? Ask the class "What are some events that all of us have had in our lives?" Make a list of 5 or 6 things on the board. Let’s organize these!

Artistic reconstruction of a newly hatched troodontid-like dinosaur resting among fragments of its eggshell (loosely based on Mongolian microtroodontid-type). These eggshells, when buried within ...

Roughly 500 million years ago, a strange event in the evolution of life on Earth seems to have taken place. The known fossil record from this time, which falls within the Cambrian period, contains a ...

Location: The three units of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument are located northeast of Bend near the small towns of Fossil, Mitchell and Kimberly. In the earliest days of Oregon statehood, ...

The discovery of polystrate fossils has sparked debate over their implications for the biblical flood narrative.

The University of Wyoming Geological Museum will host the annual Fossil Fish Festival Saturday, April 20. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.