A forelimb fossil discovered in Mongolia showed quill ... The feathers might also have helped females protect their eggs. Velociraptor highlights many of the numerous similarities between ...

and fish eggs. Also known as the rock sturgeon, the lake sturgeon is one of 27 species of sturgeon, a family of bony fish that found around the world that first appears in the fossil record more ...

Guarding long-buried treasure, a monitor at a dig site looks out for thieves who illegally remove fossils for sale to collectors. He sleeps in the one-room shack on the rim, keeping an ear cocked ...

This story appears in the December 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the Gobi, dinosaur fossils abound. Scientists have discovered 76 dinosaur genera—one-seventh of those known to ...