Fossils of 444 million-year-old creatures whose bodies were preserved "inside-out" have been discovered in South Africa.

They show the gritty side of dinosaur life,” Lacovara said. “Dinosaurs were authentic beings that lived under their own ...

For about half the travelers who stop in, Fossil Butte National Monument is merely a rest area on a lonely stretch of U.S. Highway 30 about 9 miles west of Kemmerer. Many make a beeline to the ...

An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can preserve microscopic details in feathers -- the first ever record of such a ...

WTOP gets a look at how a “fossil preparator” uncovers the past at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in D.C.

FISHERSVILLE, Va. ( WHSV /Gray News) -A fossil found by a landowner in Virginia has left even the Smithsonian completely ...

On Thursday, March 20, Rowan held a ribbon cutting for the museum named by Smithsonian Magazine one of its top 10 most ...

Is it a mushroom, a pinecone or something out of this world? A fossil in Fishersville has left one landowner and the ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

It marks the first time significant remains older than 1 million years old have been discovered in Western Europe.

Field “super volunteer” Jack Wittry arrives early in the morning at the museum to identify and catalogue the fossils that have been his life’s work. The wader, Daniel Holm, is from a Morris ...

“The fossil is exciting,” said Eric Delson, a paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History ... said Rick Potts, director of the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program. But there is not yet ...