This 'magical' dinosaur specimen emerged from the ground like a polished jewel

A new pachycephalosaur, officially named Zavacephale rinpoche, was described in the journal Nature. The word rinpoche is ...

A tiny fossil suggests bowerbirds once lived in ancient New Zealand—new research

Most of our knowledge of New Zealand's prehistoric bird diversity comes from long-lost species with bones large enough to be ...

Duck-Billed Dinosaur ‘Mummies’ Are Clay Molds Formed by Microbes, Scientists Say

More than a century ago prolific fossil collector Charles Sternberg discovered the skeleton of a duck-billed Edmontosaurus ...
Popular Mechanics

Archaeologists Found an Ancient Fossil That Doubled as a Sacred Roman Amulet

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeologists discovered a ...

The first people to set foot in Australia were fossil hunters

Australia’s First Peoples may or may not have hunted the continent’s megafauna to extinction, but they definitely collected ...
PBS

The Mystery of the Entangled Dinosaurs

Scientists are studying two dinosaurs found buried together in prehistoric battle. The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is preparing to study a fossil it has held for years — a pair of ...