Find out more about Body Fossils and Trace Fossils. Fossils can be categorized in two basic types: body fossils and trace fossils. Body fossils help scientists learn what plants and animals looked ...

How does a fossil go from being in the ground to on display? What do paleontologists do? How does a fossil go from being in the ground to on display in a museum? Learn the process and all the ...

This Michigan shoreline looks peaceful today, but the rocks underfoot tell a much older story. Standing on 390-million-year-old Devonian limestone, they begin finding marine fossils from a time when ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive fossil discovery in southwest China has shifted our understanding of when complex animals first appeared on Earth.

Hear from a fossil collector talk about his findings along the Oregon Coast Kent Gibson, an amateur fossil collector, has made discoveries for the past 12 years along the Oregon Coast.

Famous fossil hunter Mary Anning admitted she sometimes felt fed up of fossils, saying the word sometimes made her "sick". In ...