In a Caribbean cave, researchers discovered hundreds of fossils with bee nests within them. It is the first time this ...

And, researchers have just discovered, ancient bees would use the bones’ empty tooth sockets as nests. A new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science documents this discovery, which ...

MANTUA, N.J. − Kenneth Lacovara's career in paleontology has taken him around the world: He's explored the Gobi Desert, led expeditions in Egypt and found massive dinosaur bones in Patagonia. But one ...

Earlier this summer, on a family vacation to visit some family in Fernandina Beach, Fla., I rediscovered one of my first loves: looking for fossils. It turns out that area is well-known for finding ...

Sixty-five miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones movie breaks up the flat, monotone landscape. Consisting of shale, sandstone and rocks from an old coal ...

Correction & clarification: A prior version of this story misstated the title of Charles Darwin’s book. MANTUA, N.J. − Kenneth Lacovara's career in paleontology has taken him around the world: He's ...