ROYAL, Neb. (KCAU) — A group of Nebraska paleontologists spent time in Antelope County this weekend, helping residents identify the fossils they found themselves. According to paleontologists, fossils ...

Bring your fossils for in-person identification by a paleontologist (between 10am-noon and 2pm-4pm). If you don’t have a fossil, bring your questions, and get hands-on with real specimens at our ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Researchers have identified a new subspecies of tyrannosaur thought to be an older and more primitive relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex. A team of paleontologists and ...

Our planet is several billion years old—a number so vast it’s almost impossible to truly comprehend. In all that time, countless plants, animals, organisms, and creatures of every kind have come and ...

During this time, collection visits will be available by appointment and other special access requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please email cumuseum@colorado.edu for more ...

Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 feet-tall (1.40 meters) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed the Geiseltal region in southern Saxony-Anhalt. An international team of researchers report on the ...

Every fossil is a rarity because most organisms never make it into the fossil record. They’re scavenged, decompose, or vanish before they can be buried and compacted into sedimentary rocks, where most ...

A university field trip of students from Chapman University to the Badlands of Montana resulted in an actual discovery of a ...