James Gregory shows the cone-like molars on a mandible of a mastodon he and Mason Kirkland discovered in an obscure creek in ...

A prehistoric sea monster never-before-known to man was hunting prey in North America 85 million years ago, fossils found decades ago in Canada reveal.

Palynologists who study tiny pollen fossils share 4 stories found in grains that fell hundreds to millions of years ago.

It can tell us about vegetation, climate and even human activity through time. Pollen grains are far more than allergens — ...

Sharks, skates and catfish also have tooth-like structures called denticles that make their skin feel like sandpaper. When ...

If you are sneezing this spring, you are not alone. Every year, plants release billions of pollen grains into the air, specks ...

If more specimens were to be found, with their heads and legs, we could be more certain about where this fossil fitted in the scheme of life. But the site where I found it has been covered in a ...

How did you find the fossil and what else has been found in that area? The site is in the Cedarberg mountains, north of Cape Town. To collect fossils in this area you need a permit granted by the ...

Big Bend National Park contains fossils from over 90 dinosaur species, some of which are unique to the park. A giant bone from North America's largest dinosaur was found in West Texas. Sul Ross ...