Few moments in paleontology are as exciting as the discovery of dinosaur eggs. These fragile and ancient specimens offer a ...

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Paleontologists have made a discovery that can change how we understand dinosaurs. Despite centuries of research into ancient ...

Radioactive minerals in eggshells can help scientists pinpoint a fossil’s age with stunning accuracy. Scientists excavate dinosaur egg nests in Mongolia's Eastern Gobi Basin. National Geographic ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - During a fishing trip in southern Alabama, a family of four discovered a fossilized shell of a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea turtle. A family of four recently discovered ...

The fossil of an ancient giant sea turtle — estimated to have been as long as a small car — was discovered in Spain, representing the largest marine turtle to have been found in Europe. Until now, the ...

A family from Mobile found the fossil of a newly discovered genus of the endangered leatherback sea turtle along a riverbank in south Alabama. And thanks to a series of events that unfolded over the ...