A grandfather’s love of paleontology fueled a museum in Germany. His son’s passion grew the museum. And his grandsons’ keen eyes led to the discovery of two ancient elephant skeletons. Peter Kapustin ...

The popular Oklahoma museum recently started its 15th year, and its parent company, Skulls Unlimited, celebrates its 40th ...

Resident Victori Olympia Day said the erosion on the island had been severe this year, leading to the discovery of the bones.

A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in ...

When large marine animals like whales die, they sink down to the seabed. Once their flesh has been stripped away by scavengers and microbes, their corpses are colonized by a variety of specialized ...

A rhinoceros skeleton buried beneath Canada's High Arctic for 23 million years has emerged as the northernmost member of its family ever documented, fundamentally reshaping understanding of ancient ...

From alligators to ostriches, the Anthropology Department's Vertebrate Osteology Collection is one of the largest of its kind in the U.S. "We have over 12,000 vertebrate specimens in our collections.

Modern humans are the latest in a long line of creatures belonging to the Homo genus, although until now we knew relatively ...

A 6,000-year-old skeleton that survived a lion attack has been found, providing exceptional evidence of prehistoric community ...