Paleontologists have long assumed that fossilization destroys all organic molecules in ancient remains. However, a ...

In an Australian first, researchers have described a new species of 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish, ...

The findings shed light on how organic molecules like collagen may survive for tens of millions of years within dinosaur ...

People assume that with all this dinophilia, and with all the money spent on dinosaur paraphernalia, paleontology must be rolling in dough. Nothing could be further from the truth. In reality, ...

When the skeletal remains of a giant ground sloth were first unearthed in 1796, the discovery marked one of the earliest ...

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 ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Despite Latin American countries’ attempts to curb the illicit sale or acquisition of fossils and artifacts by researchers from other countries, ...

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 ...

That's a pretty good quality to have when you're the director of paleontology at Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison — and fossils are literally your job. Now Atwater has written a kids' book about fossils, ...