Whether you are a dinosaur enthusiast, a budding archaeologist, or geology buff, the prospect of unearthing prehistoric fossils is always going to be appealing. Luckily, the United States is home to ...

New Jersey is a hotspot for ancient fossils. With just a sifter, a trowel, and a sense of curiosity, you can come face-to-face with New Jersey’s prehistoric past. Dr. Dana Ehret, curator of natural ...

Looking to beat the summer heat? How about splashing around in creeks hunting for fossils? Fossiling is a hands-on, watery adventure perfect for friends and families looking to explore nature, get a ...

Above, Dylan Potter, 9, left, and Seamus Ward, 8, use chisels to look for fossils hidden inside rocks. Above right, Jonathan Hoag, 16, shows a trilobite he found at the site. Children dig for fossils ...

Eight-year-old Hudson Rasodevich wants to be a paleontologist when he grows up. That’s why Hudson and his grandmother Annette Radosevich came down to Promenade Park Saturday afternoon for Dig Day, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Surrounded by a gooey graveyard of prehistoric beasts, a small crew diligently wades through a backlog of fossil finds from a century of excavation at the La Brea Tar Pits in the ...