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Fossils

Massive Trove of Fossils Discovered by Road Crew in South Africa

It's nearly 360 million years old.

Erik Shilling June 2, 2016

Scientists Uncover a Huge Trove of Dinosaur Fossils in Antarctica

Over a ton of 71 million-year-old fossils.

Erik Shilling May 5, 2016

The Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool

Hamelin Pool, Australia

The Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

Ancient swamp was likely centered at 17th and L Streets NW

Washington, D.C.

D.C.'s Underground Bald Cypress Fossils

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

Presenting the Closest Relative to Modern Spiders Ever Found

The fossil is 305 million years old.

Erik Shilling March 30, 2016

Found: Tiny Lizards Preserved in Amber

The lizard fossils are around 99 million years old.

Sarah Laskow March 7, 2016

Found: A Massive Jurassic Graveyard

23,000 square miles of Patagonia is one of the most productive fossil-hunting grounds in the world.

Sarah Laskow February 29, 2016

Skyline Drive

Cañon City, Colorado

Skyline Drive

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

It's all about presentation

Museo Geominero

Earth's rocky history has rarely glittered so brightly as it does in this Spanish museum.

FOUND: Ancient Winged Insects Were So Close to Being Butterflies

Sarah Laskow February 4, 2016

The cliffs at Calvert Cliffs State Park

Lusby, Maryland

Calvert Cliffs State Park

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

Why All the Cool New Dinosaurs Are From Asia And South America

Sarah Laskow October 9, 2015

FOUND: A Woolly Mammoth in a Michigan Farmer's Field

Sarah Laskow October 2, 2015

FOUND: A New Species of Hominin, Homo Naledi

Sarah Laskow September 10, 2015

FOUND: A Four-Legged Fossil That Might Be a Snake

Sarah Laskow July 24, 2015

FOUND: A Fossil That Shows How Turtles Got Their Shells

Sarah Laskow June 25, 2015

FOUND: An Ancient Whale Fossil With a Smaller Whale Inside

Sarah Laskow June 3, 2015

FOUND: The Jawbones of a Never-Before-Seen Species of Early Human

Sarah Laskow May 28, 2015