PALEONTOLOGY

Zinc levels show the giant shark ate more creatures than expected, challenging long-held assumptions about its behavior.

These eight states have designated official state dinosaurs, honoring the living, breathing, occasionally flesh-ravaging creatures that once roamed their land.

Did dinosaurs really roar? Artists Courtney Brow and Cezary Gajewski challenge this idea with 3D-printed skulls that bring prehistoric sounds to life.

A colossal mammoth tusk was uncovered in West Texas, marking an unexpected fossil find.

Dinosaurs roamed the UK millions of years ago, as evidenced by fossilized tracks recently uncovered in Oxfordshire.

New Zealand’s open-access fossil database makes it easier for scientists to collaborate.

The shelf-sized mammoth comes with three sets of tusks, including one with battle damage.

Millions of fossils, from shells to the largest known shark species, were unearthed beneath San Pedro High School.

Previously, a study suggested that the king of the dinosaurs was as intelligent as a primate. New data hints that this may not have been the case.

Like his most famous discovery, fossil hunter Barnum Brown was larger than life.

If you dreamed of becoming a paleontologist when you were younger, it's not too late to pursue your dinosaur-hunting ambitions.

A new study explains how T. rex's feathered ancestors may have survived the extinction event that wiped out nearly half of all quadrupeds.