In the spring of 2019, free climbers scaling the risky cliffs of Monte Cònero on Italy’s Adriatic coast noticed something that stopped them cold. High on pale slabs of limestone that tilt toward the ...

Fifty million years ago, a throng of thimble-sized fish met its untimely end. Now, a team of Japanese scientists may have uncovered the pristinely-preserved mass grave that immortalized these doomed ...

Late one night last September, I received a phone call from a stranger. The man, the owner of a stone-cutting workshop near Cairo, told me he had seen something strange—some kind of fossil—while ...

Hundreds of fossils discovered on the Wexford coastline date back to long before dinosaurs roamed, scientists say. Experts from the School of Natural Sciences at University of Galway led a team of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. These 259 tiny fish were buried alive 50 million years ago, and ...

Like most extremely rare artifacts and items, a significant monetary value can be placed on rare fossils of ancient and extinct creatures. One of the best-preserved and most detailed fossils of a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 2013, smugglers in São Paulo were all set to ship a huge cache ...