Researchers have described some of the best-preserved three-dimensional trilobite fossils ever discovered. The fossils, which ...

CHESTNUT HILL, MA -- As its director for two decades, Rev. James Skehan, SJ, helped put Boston College's Weston Observatory on the seismometers of earthquake-trackers the world over. Now Fr. Skehan, ...

An illustration shows how experts believe the raptor species looked Scientists in Australia say they uncovered a fossil of a previously unknown species of eagle that lived in the country about 25 ...

Australia's forest ecosystems, renowned for their extraordinary diversity of rare plants and animals, also play a vital role in mitigating climate change by absorbing and storing carbon.

In this activity, your class will use images of trilobite fossils to explore how fossils preserve information about ancient life. They will sort the fossils into orders (closely related groups) by ...

Scientists at Queensland Museum have uncovered a 400-million-year-old vertebrate fossil, which could be the smallest of its kind ever found in Queensland. Palaeospondylus gunni, a mysterious eel ...