Under McFetridge Drive in Chicago, two stories down in the catacombs of the Field Museum of Natural History, Jack Wittry slides open a handmade wooden drawer. There are thousands of such drawers that ...

Fossils are rare, but for paleontologists who know where to look, they can be found and studied. Every fossil is important, but some are more so than others, and one that was recently discovered is ...

BACKGROUND: History can really come to life when children have the chance to dig for their own fossil bones. Since 1970, Poricy Park Conservancy has been preserving 250 acres of open space, wildlife ...

New Jersey is known for many things: the Jersey Shore, Atlantic City and the Sopranos. But it’s now becoming known for something else — a hotbed of dinosaur activity. When an asteroid hit Mexico 66 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Looking for a way to dig through ancient Nashville? You’ll have just the chance this weekend at Fort Negley. The historic location sits right outside downtown Nashville and ...

The event features a variety of activities, including fossil digging, gemstone mining, and dinosaur exhibits. Tickets are $18 per person and can be purchased at the door or online at schielemuseum.org ...

Each year since 2019, Southeast Missouri State University geoscience instructor Pamela Mills has taken students on a field trip to the Montana badlands through a partnership with Paleo X's Adventure ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MANTUA, N.J. (PIX11) – If you’ve ever ...

But four or five times a year, they get down and dirty, digging for hours in search of buried treasure. They call themselves Dinosaur Hunters. Their treasure is a fossil -- sometimes entombed in the ...

ST. GEORGE — The St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site is starting a new dig in an area where dinosaur bones were previously found, and experts hope it will reveal new insights into the state's ...

Louis Iocona has a passion for prehistoric pieces, like the tooth of a Squalicorax or "crow shark." "Even 60 million years later they're still razor sharp," he says. Iocona shares that enthusiasm ...