AURORA, N.C. (WITN) - From ancient shark teeth to historic fossils, downtown Aurora is turning into a time machine this weekend during the NC Fossil Festival! The Aurora Fossil Museum is hosting its ...

A new road being built led to the bones of two giant ground sloths being discovered in Wilmington, launching them into local ...

AURORA, N.C. (WNCT) — North Carolina Fossil Festival will take place in Aurora on May 24th to 25th, featuring millions of years old fossils, shark teeth and more. The event starts on Saturday May 24th ...

A prehistoric sea monster never-before-known to man was hunting prey in North America 85 million years ago, fossils found decades ago in Canada reveal. The first set of fossils, found in 1988 along ...

A group of fossils of elasmosaurs – some of the most famous in North America – have just been formally identified as belonging to a “very odd” new genus of the sea monster, unlike any previously known ...

AURORA, N.C. (WITN) - If you are fascinated by bones and history, here is an idea for something to do this weekend! The 2025 North Carolina Fossil Festival will occur on May 24 & 25, 2025, and will ...

Paleontologists have revealed a "remarkable" prehistoric creature that has been "spectacularly preserved" by fool's gold—a common name for a substance called iron pyrite. The newly identified species, ...

Traskasaura sandrae is a "very odd" mix of primitive and derived traits. A prehistoric sea monster never-before-known to man was hunting prey in North America 85 million years ago, fossils found ...