A nearly complete pterosaur fossil uncovered in southern Germany has been identified as a new genus and species from the Late ...

A perfectly preserved turtle fossil from Lower Bavaria yields important clues about both the species and the habitat that existed in southern Germany 150 million years ago. The fossil is the ...

Idaho National Laboratory is perhaps best known for innovative research that helps shape the clean energy economies of today and tomorrow—and for good reason. But while much of the laboratory's work ...

A quick stop in a Kentucky creek turns into an unexpected fossil hunt, with crinoid stems, horn coral, tiny geodes, and ...

Imagine yourself in an open-air quarry in Bavaria, breaking open a slab of finely grained limestone, and seeing a beautifully preserved feather inside. This very thing happened at Solnhofen in Germany ...

A routine day at a quarry in Spain turned into an extraordinary glimpse into deep time when miners preparing for a blast uncovered giant reef fossils from an ancient ocean.The discovery shows how ...

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Learn about Earth’s history with five fossils that have stories to tell Paul D. Taylor and Aaron O'Dea Though massive creatures may look like a dinosaur, the Dimetrodon lived 50 million years before ...

Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. About 150 million years ago, a marine ...