In 2007, a team led by Stanford geobiologist Kevin Boyce found that carbon isotopes in the fossils resembled those of fungi — ...

On Wednesday, March 26, artist Brian Engh visited the Virginia Tech Museum of Geosciences to give a lecture on paleoart.

International scientists have uncovered the oldest known phosphatic stromatoporoid sponge, dating back approximately 480 million years to the Early Ordovician, in South China.

The tool we've identified is called a Quina scraper. This type of stone tool is well known from archaeological sites in ...

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

TrowelBlazers, co-founded by Tori Herridge, aims to spotlight forgotten women in science — but has it become more about ...

A newly discovered plesiosa u r fossil suggests several species of the long-necked marine dinosaur roamed the oceans 180 ...

Million-Year-Old Rare Fish Fossils' 'Detailed Preservation' Helped Scientists Determine Its Last Meal Fossils are a great way ...

A newly described plesiosaur fossil from southern Germany is providing crucial evidence about the diversification of these ...

The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future.