These fossils were estimated to be 500,000 to 780,000 years old. Thanks to the dedication of volunteers from the San Joaquin Valley Paleontology Foundation, 6,000 fossils were unearthed by 1997.

Discovering the colors of fossils ... Confuciusornis sanctus and Gansus yumenensis, a method which probes the remains and shows the molecular makeup of the fossils.

Calling all amateur paleontologists! Explore the badlands of Nebraska and hunt for fossils at this remote destination inside Oglala National Grassland.

A museum in Denver has found a fossil that is almost 70 million years old under its parking lot while running an unrelated ...

"As a scientist who has worked on fossils from different ages and locations, discovering fossils in such a remarkable state of preservation within a volcanic setting was a profoundly exhilarating ...