UW-Madison geology museum scientist Dave Lovelace’s 21st birthday was a bit unconventional. The Casper, Wyoming, native who ...

Someone who is fascinated by the flora, fauna and creatures of the distant past and who is inspired by the wonder of nature might consider studying paleontology. Paleontology focuses on the many ...

Scientists have discovered a new Cretaceous-era dinosaur species by examining photos of a fossil lost during an allied air ...

Though distinct disciplines, both paleontology and archaeology use similar technologies and methods in their work and show ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big ...

Scientists put their “stamp” on prehistory after discovering a massive dinosaur footprint in Mongolia said to have belonged to one of the largest two-legged animals ever to roam the Earth.

When the skeletal remains of a giant ground sloth were first unearthed in 1796, the discovery marked one of the earliest paleontological finds in American history. The animal, named Megalonyx by ...

Scientists have unearthed the world’s smallest known sauropod dinosaur footprints in the eastern Xizang autonomous region of ...

Ithaca City residents and visitors alike are rallying behind a petition to save a research institute and its Museum of the Earth ...

Tens of millions of years after a young pterosaur took its last breath in present-day Canada, paleontologists are investigating its death.

The fossilized neck bone of a flying reptile unearthed in Canada shows tell-tale signs of being bitten by a crocodile-like ...

In paleontology and paleobiology, we ask questions about the evolution of life that range across all geological time and span from individual species to the whole of life. We study the evolution of ...