A fascinating new study suggests that ancient rock art in South Africa may depict a now-extinct species. According to research published in September 2024, the mysterious tusked animal in the artwork ...

This story appears in the May 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine ... the brothers were prospecting for fossils last spring in the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument.

a local paleontologist confirmed the fossil was that of an Ichthyosaur – a prehistoric marine animal. True to their name, which means fish lizard in Greek, according to National Geographic, the early ...

Join us in the celebration with a chance to win a National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions cruise to Antarctica for two! Ever dreamt of gliding on a Zodiac around enormous icebergs of the ...

A fossil from one of the largest dinosaurs to live in North America was discovered in a national park in Texas. In March, students from Sul Ross State University went to Big Bend National Park for ...

This week, solve the mystery of an ancient human ancestor’s fossil, meet a new generation of dire wolves, spy April’s full ...

Sul Ross State University geology students uncovered the fossil while on a research mission at Big Bend National Park in March, according to the college's press release. The bone was identified as ...

The fossil is now back at the SRSU paleontology lab, where students and researchers are carefully studying it, along with associated vertebrae previously collected from the same quarry.

LOS ANGELES -- In celebration of Earth Month, National Geographic is giving viewers a never-before-seen look at the world of penguins! "If you follow a penguin just for a day, you will realize ...

Paleoartist John Gurche illuminated the art of reconstructing ancient human ancestors at an Ohio State lecture.