Someone who is fascinated by the flora, fauna and creatures of the distant past and who is inspired by the wonder of nature might consider studying paleontology. Paleontology focuses on the many ...

Though distinct disciplines, both paleontology and archaeology use similar technologies and methods in their work and show ...

People assume that with all this dinophilia, and with all the money spent on dinosaur paraphernalia, paleontology must be rolling in dough. Nothing could be further from the truth. In reality, ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. Despite Latin American countries’ attempts to curb the illicit sale or acquisition of fossils and artifacts by researchers from other countries, the fields of ...

A fossil hunter found a lump of prehistoric vomit roughly dated to the time of the mass extinction that wiped out the ...

When the skeletal remains of a giant ground sloth were first unearthed in 1796, the discovery marked one of the earliest paleontological finds in American history. The animal, named Megalonyx by ...

In paleontology and paleobiology, we ask questions about the evolution of life that range across all geological time and span from individual species to the whole of life. We study the evolution of ...

according to a study published 23 January in the Journal of Paleontology.