The approximately five-and-a-half-metre-long specimen was so perfectly preserved that researchers were able to stare into the ...

More than 300 million years ago, during the Carboniferous Period, much of northern Illinois outside Chicago — including what is now the Mazon Creek ...

A Texas teen returned from a summer vacation to the Canadian Prairies with a story he says his pals back home probably wouldn't believe — were it not for the fact that the 80-million year old aquatic ...

Cubic zirconia, a popular diamond substitute, only occurs naturally under extreme conditions. Finding cubic zirconia in craters reveals parts of the Earth’s history.