Think fossils are rare? You might just dig one up in your own backyard, if the conditions are right. Discover what makes ...

How Do Paleontologists Acurately Date Prehistoric Fossils? The Clues Hide in Surrounding Rocks. When paleontologists dig up a fossil from the ground, how do they figure out the age of the piece of ...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Fossils Are Where You Find Them -- 1. Fantastic Fossils -- 2. How Are Fossils Formed? -- 3. What Kinds of Rocks Yield Fossils? -- 4.

Paleontologist and Geologist Dr. Ken Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about fossils. Can we extract dinosaur DNA from fossils? How is crude oil made from fossils? Where ...

There are several steps that go into a researcher finding a fossil. First, you have to figure out what kind of fossil you want to find. You need to know the age of the rock you’re looking for, who ...

Researchers have found fossil evidence of varied creatures wooing and mating, as they continue to search for the telltale ...

Ancient poop fossils preserved molecules thanks to iron carbonate, revealing hidden details of prehistoric ecosystems.

Without knowing what they’d found or who to ask about it, the Colemans initially decided to keep the fossil a secret. For months, they regularly visited the spot, often eating lunch in the shade of ...

The questions of how humankind came to be, and whether we are alone in the universe, have captured imaginations for millennia ...