Study finds plant poison was used on ancient arrows, pointing to sophisticated hunting methods used 60,000 years ago ...

Could Spinosaurus swim? A new fossil with a scimitar-like head crest provides new evidence on the unsettled question.

For more than a century, paleontologists have been piecing together how the mysterious predator Andrewsarchus is related to ...

The Hubble and Chandra space telescopes are hunting for rogue black holes wandering through dwarf galaxies, which could provide a fossil record of how supermassive black hole growth in the early ...

The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.

From the hands-on activities to the music playing in the background, the rock was the star of the show at Lake Metroparks’ Rock Around the Park open house. Held at Jordan Creek Park in Concord ...

Millions of years ago much of Mississippi was underwater and dugongs, sometimes called sea cows, roamed the warm coastal ...

Footprints are among the most common kind of dinosaur fossils. Sometimes scientists find a single, lonely footprint. Sometimes they come across a chaotic jumble of tracks resembling a dance floor, ...

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China, scientists revealed Wednesday. The treasure trove of ...

Before trees came along some 400 million years ago, our planet’s landscape was dominated by enigmatic, spire-shaped life-forms that towered more than 25 feet above the ground. Their trunklike fossils ...

OTTAWA, Ill. – Step back in time and explore the fascinating world of fossils found right here in Illinois! University of Illinois Extension invites fossil enthusiasts of all experience levels to a ...

Lucia Suarez Sang is an associate managing editor at CBSNews.com. Previously, Lucia was the director of digital content at FOX61 News in Connecticut and has previously written for outlets including ...