Ammonite fossils are mined solely in southern Alberta to produce the organic gemstone ammolite. The Blackfoot peoples recognize ammonite — which they call “Iniskim” meaning ‘Buffalo ...

And the Little Dal fossils are no different. "What we have is essentially something a bit like a Rorschach inkblot test, where there are some squiggles in a rock," says Jonathan Antcliffe ...

AURORA, N.C. (WITN) - From ancient shark teeth to historic fossils, downtown Aurora is turning into a time machine this weekend during the NC Fossil Festival! The Aurora Fossil Museum is hosting ...

For more than a decade, paleontologists have speculated about a single fossil that preserves skeletons of two of the world’s most famous dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops. Not only ...

Before British Columbia fossil hunter Mike Trask died last week, he knew that recognition of his biggest discovery would live on. Now it has been confirmed that the ferocious-looking marine ...

Imagine that humanity quit fossil fuels. Think of our entire Ozymandian blob of a global economy running on clean energy instead of ancient heat-trapping hydrocarbons—more than 1 billion ...

The future of all that we cherish is on the line and we—all of us—have to fight like hell to protect democracy, human decency, and a livable planet. Our reporters are working overtime to cover the ...

Traskasaura sandrae, named today in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology, was declared the Provincial Fossil of British Columbia in 2023. (Image Credit: Robert O. Clark) Researchers have formally ...

A fossil-hunting father-daughter team from Vancouver Island has been recognized in the naming of a new genus of giant prehistoric sea lizard found near Courtenay almost 40 years ago. Michael and ...

A groundbreaking fossil discovery in Zhenghe county, Fujian province, has reshaped our understanding of avian origins. Scientists identified Baminornis zhenghensis, a 150-million-year-old bird ...

Skull fragments and other fossil remains emerged from among more than 6,000 animal fossils found in some 177 million cubic feet of sand and sandstones that were dredged up in 2014–15 during ...

The superpredator’s teeth — abundant in the fossil record — are what McCormack and his colleagues used to conduct a geochemical analysis, unlocking fresh clues that could challenge megalodon ...