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 ...

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 ...

Endres took the fossil to the Virginia Natural History Museum, which then directed her to the Smithsonian. Even there, experts could not tell exactly what the fossil was. Experts determined the ...