In the scorching desert of Peru’s Pisco Basin, a major fossil discovery has been made. Paleontologists have unearthed the ...

The extinct Otodus megalodon, or “megalodon,” remains an iconic apex predator, known for its massive size and fearsome teeth.

atomic blast just a mile away. Here’s the story of this living fossil that refuses to age—or die. In the first three seconds after “Little Boy” detonated over Hiroshima, temperatures ...

You can channel your inner paleontologist at the fossil dig, where you might unearth a tooth from a creature that lived ... Step into the Atlantic Tails exhibit, and you’ll find yourself eye-to-eye ...

More than 150 mastodon fossils have been found across New York State, about a third in Orange County, Scotchtown’s home, though it’s been 11 years since the last complete jaw surfaced.

Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while gardening at his upstate New York home this year.The mastodon jaw and some ...

Officials with the Albany-based state museum said the jaw was the first complete mastodon jaw found in New York in 11 years. They said there have been more than 150 fossils from the extinct elephant ...

Alongside the jaw, researchers also uncovered a toe bone fragment and a piece of a rib. The discovery began in the Hudson Valley when the Orange County resident noticed two large teeth protruding from ...