A dull brown disk of rock the size of a jelly doughnut that was plucked from the desert 20 miles west of the Strip is being hailed as the oldest fossil of a land animal ever found in Nevada. Now ...

Tucked away in a remote bonebed in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park laid hundreds of fossils, including a fragile jawbone belonging to one of the oldest-known flying reptiles: the pterosaur.

PHOENIX — Fossils from the Petrified Forest National Park, in northern Arizona, revealed a new reptile species that thrived during the Triassic Period. Paleontologists and partners with the ...

The National Park Service is searching for a visitor who cut an “extremely rare” 200-million-year-old fossil out of a trackway in Capitol Reef National Park in Utah approximately five years ago, the ...

Researchers at Petrified Forest National Park discovered fossils that revealed a new species, which is 220 million years old. A burrowing reptile called drepanosaur, the new species is named ...

Welcome to Bryce Canyon Country, Utah’s gateway to adventure and home to some of the most beautiful terrain on the planet. With red rocks, countless trails, slot canyons, and premier OHV access, this ...

What kid hasn’t had some sort of rock collection? Discovering hidden gems is always a treat. Western Colorado is perfect for exploring geology with your kids. Look around — there is evidence of eons ...

Geologists have found a new, exceptionally preserved deposit of fossils in 425 million year old Silurian rocks in Ontario. The fossils include complete fish (only the second place on Earth where whole ...

In the hills outside the small village of Sexi, Peru, a fossil forest holds secrets about South America’s past millions of years ago. When we first visited these petrified trees more than 20 years ago ...