Their trunklike fossils were discovered in 1843. Yet despite more than a century of speculation, scientists have struggled to ...

It feels like it doesn’t fit comfortably anywhere,” says Matthew Nelsen, a senior research scientist at the Field Museum of ...

The Dinosaur National Monument was established in 1915, during ongoing excavations by the Carnegie Museum. The Carnegie ...

A fossil of Prototaxites, a colossal lifeform that once towered over ancient landscapes, is set to go on display at the National Museum of Scotland. This enigmatic organism, which grew to more than ...

High school teacher Ashley Allen’s discovery of 300-million-year-old fossils in an Alabama coal mine turned him into a modern ...

Sensitive hearing may have evolved in mammal ancestors far earlier than scientists once believed. By modeling how sound moved ...

The prototaxites fossil, which is about 410 million years old, was found near the village of Rhynie in Aberdeenshire.

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has made the behind-the-scenes inventory of rare fossils available for public viewing ...

In a startling flip-flop on our perspectives on ancient civilisations, scientists have discovered baby dinosaur fossils ...

The Quarry Exhibit Hall, also known as the “Wall of Bones,” is the most popular area to visit in Dinosaur National Monument, ...

Flinders University paleontology researchers—with local fossil experts—have discovered how prolific shorebirds, including the Plains-wanderer, once lived across South Australia's South-East during ...

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