In the wrap-up of “Objects of Wonder,” hundreds of the museum’s most treasured specimens are returning to the collection ...

The fossil tree on the Museum's east lawn is thought to have been in its current position since the 1970s, but it's been part of the collection since 1873. A large petrified tree that lived around 330 ...

CT scans of Jordanian fossils reveal surprising internal bone structures in pterosaurs. Paleontologists explain how these ...

Scientists have identified several hundred species of fossil plants and animals in Petrified Forest. The park consists of two main sections, and recent legislation has authorized doubling the land ...

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tens of thousands of fossils were taken. Many found their way into museums around the world. How many others found their way into private collections is ...

Instead, primates are usually preserved as petrified teeth and bones that can be extracted from the surrounding rock. These kinds of fossils can be formed in two major ways. Casts occur when the ...

Believe it or not, you can find some of the oldest tree roots anywhere in the world just two hours away from this ...

Here, in an eocene deposit; petrified fishes abounded; and we found a small bed containing fossil insects -- a rare discovery, although in Western hotels beds are common where the insects are not ...

including its namesake petrified wood. It’s the only place chindesaurus fossils have ever been found. Coelophysis fossils ...

Why are different chambers fossilized in different materials? 28. What mode of preservation is this? Some geologists doubt this is a true coprolite, as the formation it was found in is filled with ...