F or the first time, chitin has been identified in a Cambrian Period trilobite. The unexpected discovery could be useful for ...

New findings about the anatomy of the dinosaur age’s fiercest predator suggest it chased prey “like an oversized bird.” ...

An astonishing discovery has been made atop the world’s highest peak. Fossils of marine life have been uncovered at over ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Dennos Museum at Northwestern Michigan College has an exhibit about ...

From the hands-on activities to the music playing in the background, the rock was the star of the show at Lake Metroparks’ Rock Around the Park open house. Held at Jordan Creek Park in Concord ...

Ancient fossils are revealing unexpected chemical survivors, challenging long-held assumptions about how biological carbon is ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — GEOfest, one of Indiana’s most popular rock and gem shows, returns to the Indiana State Museum from Feb. 20-22. The annual event will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the museum’s ...

Colourful illustrations by Peter Trusler depict 500m-year-old fossils of creatures from the Palaeozoic and inspire Australia Post ...

SAN ANTONIO — An international research team at UT San Antonio has made a discovery straight out of a science museum exhibit. Traces of chitin, the same material found in modern crab shells and insect ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Parking lot construction at Colorado’s Dinosaur National Monument unearthed new fossils last fall, the first discovery at the monument in more than 100 years ...

One of the planet’s most successful arthropods, trilobites, abounded in the oceans from about 520 million to 250 million years ago. Trilobite exoskeletons are found on all seven continents and are a ...

Lucia Suarez Sang is an associate managing editor at CBSNews.com. Previously, Lucia was the director of digital content at FOX61 News in Connecticut and has previously written for outlets including ...