New Mexico geologist and author Magdalena Sandoval Donahue discusses the interesting geology of the Santa Fe National Forest ...

Fossils are so common in Pennsylvania Bluestone that Glass often points out prehistoric plant fragments and ancient tide ...

An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

For centuries, the origins of oil and natural gas have sparked scientific curiosity. In 1757, Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov proposed a theory that oil formed from the general decomposition of ...

This seems to have solved the mystery of how the starfish got its arms. But it doesn’t necessarily answer the ‘why’. Imran ...

A 500-million-year-old fossil from Morocco, discovered by Natural History Museum scientists, is offering extraordinary new ...

A small dinosaur that once dashed along North American riverbanks has found a new home in London. The new species, named ...

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body ...