65 miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones contains many of the world’s best-preserved, most diverse fossils.

When a fossil preserves an animal’s complete body in a death pose, seeing it is observing a snapshot in time. Several such fossils exist for Archaeopteryx — the earliest known bird — and now ...

The increasing need for electric/hybrid electric vehicles to compete with fossil fuel-powered cars has led to new requirements and designs of the electric motor. Non-grain oriented steel (NOES) is ...

Dinosaurs Scientists uncover new secrets of rare feathered fossil showing early bird evolution Study using UV light and CT scans shows the 150 million-year-old specimen had specialized flight feathers ...

The fossil, named Shishania aculeata, hails from 500-million-year-old Cambrian deposits in Yunnan Province, southern China, a region world-renowned for its remarkably preserved snapshots of ...

The mosasaur vertebra, which was unearthed near Starkville, is potentially the largest ever found in the state. The bone was found during a geologic survey intended to create a three-dimensional map ...

The study and discovery of fossils has always been an interesting aspect of science to researchers, as each discovery gives them a glimpse into life from millions of years ago. While fossils have ...

Fossil-fuel-induced climate change and pollution are also accelerating extinction risk. Up to one-third of animals and plants could be lost forever in the next 50 years if fossil fuels go unchecked.

Arjan Mann, a paleontologist at the Field Museum of Natural History who specializes in Mazon Creek fossils, is studying what he thinks might be a new species of salamander ancestor. This fossil is ...

RIP, me. I’ve popped my clogs and fallen in a lake. All very sad for friends and family, but finally, a lifelong dream is about to be realized: I’m on my way to becoming a fossil. So, how long ...

The Edelman Fossil Park & Museum is set to open on March 29. Tickets start at $29 for adults and $24 for children 3-12, free admission for kids aged 2 and under.

The Edelman Fossil Park & Museum has announced its opening date after a long wait from construction delays. The 44,000-square-foot facility in Mantua has started selling tickets and will open to ...