Rio Baran's senior thesis research sought to explore what few scientists have attempted. “Rio is an exceptional undergraduate student,” said her adviser, geosciences professor John Higgins.

A recent discovery has left scientists in awe after a 200-million-year-old creature, once thought to be extinct, was captured ...

A 47-million-year-old cicada fossil found reveals intact wing veins and rewrites the distribution and evolution of ancient ...

Scientists announced the discovery of a new species of early tyrannosaur in a museum vault in Mongolia, an ancestor to ...

New fossil research shows that teeth originally evolved as sensory tissue embedded in the armored exoskeletons of ancient ...

This adventure really began long before the mastodon discovery, when Gregory and his fiancé, Stephanie Yan-Chau, were seeking ...

After years of legal battles that left the fossil locked away in labs or warehouses, the famed find is headed to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) in Raleigh. Thanks to donors ...

In 1958, in a narrow trench of an eroded limestone cave near Maba Village in Shaoguan City, China, local farmers were digging ...

The Aurora Fossil Museum is hosting its annual NC Fossil Festival on Saturday and Sunday. With fossil digging, STEM education, 60 vendors, and live music, it’s a blast from the past that keeps ...

The 2025 North Carolina Fossil Festival will occur on May 24 & 25, 2025, and will include wide-ranging, accessible, and fun-filled activities for families and children to do! The museum provides ...

Sewell, NJ -- The new Edelman Fossil Park and Museum transports guests back in time to meet some native dinosaurs, found right in South Jersey. "When you think of dinosaurs, you might think of ...