Researchers at the state-of-the-art Structural Engineering and Materials Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology are using a full-scale model building to test new ways to protect structures from earthquakes and...

National Science Foundation-funded anthropologists and paleontologists uncovered what could be the largest single collection of lemur remains ever found. What’s more, they found it in a most unusual place--hidden in a series of...

Researchers found 13 prehistoric shark teeth during a diving expedition in a sinkhole called Cenote Xoc in the Mexican city of Merida. <br/>

Asteroid impact gets sole credit for wiping out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, according to new research.

Three hundred million years ago, the largest insect ever known to humankind hunted in fern jungles and boasted an enormous wingspan of nearly 2.5 feet. Different from modern dragonflies in its size and other attributes, the Meganeura...

Fossils are preserved specimens that provide us with information about plants and animals of the past. They contribute to our understanding of evolution and the history of life on Earth. Learn about different types of fossils and how...

Nothing better than an intense rivalry between scientists...right? Well, that's exactly what happened with paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh -- two men who really take the cake for petty feuds.

An explanation of the shocking discovery that birds are modern-day dinosaurs, to the tune of Extreme's "More Than Words"

On this episode of Beyond Dinosaurs, Coyote and the crew head to Hill City, South Dakota, to visit the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, teaming up with renowned paleontologist Peter Larson! We go behind the scenes to explore...

After finding stone projectiles near a woman’s skeleton, Californian researchers concluded that ancient women hunted

Nothing better than an intense rivalry between scientists...right? Well, that's exactly what happened with paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh -- two men who really take the cake for petty feuds. This fight,...

Researchers recently analyzed the remains of a Neanderthal child and found that the two-year-old was probably buried by its tribe, casting new light on the way these ancient cousins of humans treated their deceased.

Geologists examining fossil impressions from South Australia have found evidence of the earliest relative of most animal life on Earth, a tiny, wormlike creature that lived 555 million years ago, according to a study published in the...

For many years, Brontosaurus was not considered a separate species of dinosaur. Now new evidence has changed this classification: Brontosaurus is not Apatosaurus but a separate species. Brontosaurus is Back!

This video discusses how fossils provide valuable information about the history of life on Earth. By studying fossils, scientists have learned about extinct animals, past climates, and changes in Earth's climate. Fossils part 3/12

Upon viewing the Exploring Fossils video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that fossils are the ancient remains or traces of once-living things. Understand that fossils come in a wide range of shapes, sizes, and...