Some feathered dinosaurs may have briefly taken to the skies—only to give it up later. By studying rare fossils with preserved feathers, researchers uncovered a surprising clue hidden in molting ...

Some of the last dinosaurs in the world were healthy and thriving right up until the day they were annihilated by asteroid Armageddon, a new study on fossils from New Mexico finds. Scientists have ...

Newly described fossils from South America are rewriting the story of giant snakes, revealing that anacondas have been enormous for at least 12 million years and never went through a downsizing phase.

(PITTSBURGH) -- The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has made the behind-the-scenes inventory of rare fossils and other ancient artifacts available for public viewing for the first time. The ...

Two Australopithecus fossils named Lucy and Selam made a rare trip out of Ethiopia for a 60-day display at the National Museum in Prague Hyper-realistic reconstructions of Australopithecus afarensis ...

When geology professor Jason. W. Ricketts set out to study rock formations in West Texas, he didn't expect to come back with a dinosaur. The University of Texas at El Paso researcher was conducting ...

Most shark fossils are just teeth—their cartilage skeletons usually decay long before they can fossilize. But in northwestern Arkansas, a series of geological sites known as the Fayetteville Shale has ...

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China, scientists revealed Wednesday. The treasure trove of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has made the behind-the-scenes inventory of rare fossils and other ancient artifacts ...