Have you ever wanted to dig up ancient fossils that could end up in a museum? With the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site, ...

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By connecting fossil evidence with modern genetics and computer simulations, Liu’s team has revealed how a tiny set of ear ...

A tiny fossil, Acronichthys maccognoi, rewrites fish evolution in North America and reveals how otophysans conquered freshwater habitats.

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McGraths Flat, a newly discovered fossil site in New South Wales, challenges traditional beliefs about fossil preservation.

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.

In the middle of the nation’s second-largest city, millions of fossils ... fish, amphibians, reptiles and small mammals found ...

Kansans learn from an early age that their state tree is the cottonwood, the state song is "Home on the Range" and the state bird is the western meadowlark, which received that designation 100 years ...