Fossils can tell scientists what extinct animals looked like and what their environment was like. But what about their diet?

To find answers, a team of researchers studied North America’s fossil record, focusing on the 18 million years before the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. The new analysis ...

Rare fossil of an ammonite preserved with a distinct mother of pearl iridescence, recently discovered by Dr. Chris Shelton and RSU student Kolby Dooling. A geology professor and his student at ...

HELENA — The Helena Mineral Society is hosting its 79th annual Gem Mineral and Fossil Show this weekend at the Civic Center. Montana is called the Treasure State for a reason, known for its ...

Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil’s surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated by a strong light positioned nearly parallel to the surface of the ...

While President Trump has pledged to be a friend to the fossil fuel industry and taken steps intended to bolster it, several of his recent moves have garnered pushback from oil, gas and coal ...

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A prehistoric floodplain in Wyoming has revealed a mass grave of giant amphibians, frozen in time for 230 million years.

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“We analysed the fossil record and found that the quality of the record of four groups of dinosaur (clades) gets worse during the final 6 million years prior to the asteroid.

Living members of Mollusca represent the broadest morphological disparity of any animal phylum: mollusc body plans encompass squid, worms, living rocks and candy-coloured tree snails, as well as ...