Were you the kid that spent hours digging in the dirt looking for treasures growing up? Or perhaps you’re still fascinated by the science of fossils and prehistoric creatures? Well, it’s not out of ...

Paleontologist and Geologist Dr. Ken Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about fossils. Can we extract dinosaur DNA from fossils? How is crude oil made from fossils? Where ...

There are several steps that go into a researcher finding a fossil. First, you have to figure out what kind of fossil you want to find. You need to know the age of the rock you’re looking for, who ...

Expert Michael Root spoke with Popular Mechanics to explain how New Jersey’s sandy soils make the quarry the perfect hotspot ...

Halloween has taken over yards and department stores in full force. It’s a rare drive now to anywhere these days where you ...

Walk the Rhode Island shoreline and you’re bound to find something that catches your eye trapped in the sand or tangled in the wrack line. Between interesting rocks, sea glass – especially the elusive ...

A recent study has made microscopic fossils messengers from a warmer world, showing that the tropical Pacific Ocean could be ...

“When we came across that, we all just kind of stared at each other for a minute, like ‘This is it,’” said Adrienne Coleman, whose 13-year-old daughter spotted the fossil during a family boat trip ...