The iconic Homo erectus fossil was welcomed home with a repatriation ceremony and a new museum exhibit in Jakarta.

Los Angeles plays host to many amazing museums, but this very special one is a cut above most, spotlighting spectacular ...

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

A strange little snake fossil found on England’s south coast has finally revealed its secrets—more than 40 years after it was ...

A funding crisis at the Museum of the Earth and the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, N.Y., could scatter priceless specimens and end nearly a century of pioneering research.

MANTUA, N.J. − Kenneth Lacovara's career in paleontology has taken him around the world: He's explored the Gobi Desert, led expeditions in Egypt and found massive dinosaur bones in Patagonia. But one ...

Dr. David Schwimmer, an expert on the giant North American crocodilian genus Deinosuchus and a Columbus State University ...

Researches said the species had “remarkably large” wings and a “very thick” abdomen. Photo by Hiroaki Aiba, Yui Takahashi and Kotaro Saito (2025) For decades, an “extremely rare” fossil sat ...

For decades, an "extremely rare" fossil sat unidentified in Japan's Museum of Unique Insect Fossils. Discovered in 1988 in Hyogo Prefecture, the imprint of a large butterfly wing and body is now ...

Correction & clarification: A prior version of this story misstated the title of Charles Darwin’s book. MANTUA, N.J. − Kenneth Lacovara's career in paleontology has taken him around the world: He's ...

Get ready, Pokémon fans—the Pokémon Fossil Museum is crossing the Pacific and landing in the U.S. next year! This traveling exhibition, blending real fossils with the fictional world of Pokémon, opens ...

Paleontologists have discovered the first known fossilized bee nests built inside ancient bones, uncovered in a cave that ...