The osteology collections have been put to use in classrooms and public outreach campaigns. Brunson particularly involves these items in lessons in her “Animals in Archaeology” course (ARCP350), a ...

A newly discovered prehistoric mammal reveals how small, adaptable species may have survived Earth’s deadliest extinction ...

A fossil beak from an ancient octopus has forced scientists to rethink who ruled the Cretaceous seas. Researchers say two ...

Learn about a small rodent-like mammal whose descendants survived the extinction event that killed all non-avian dinosaurs.

The massive invertebrates may have been top predators, according to an analysis of their fossilized jaws. The work suggests ...

Mammals and dinosaurs coexisted on Earth until a catastrophic event 66 million years ago killed 75% of life on the planet.

A species of aquatic crustacean named triops cancriformis or tadpole shrimp, known worldwide as ‘living fossil’, has been spotted in Hamoun International Wetland, southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan ...

A jaw tip worn down by nearly a tenth does not sound like much until you picture what it means. Chipping, cracking, scratches ...

Some 80 million years ago, the late Cretaceous oceans were patrolled by 17-meter mosasaurs, long-necked plesiosaurs, and ...

Some octopuses that lived over 72 million years ago were as long as whales. These huge predators may have been the largest ...

More kids than ever are attending state-funded preschool in the U.S., 1.8 million of them the last school year. A report by ...

Allison Lampinen, seventh and eighth grade counselor at West Fairmont Middle School, was named Marion County Schools 2026 ...