Not content with a diet of old leaves, some worm species actually eat bones. A new study has now traced the ancient ancestors ...

Officials stumbled upon a 67-million-year-old dinosaur bone beneath the Denver Museum of Nature and Science during a drilling project, the DMNS announced on Wednesday.

Preserved in tan stone, the fossil of Mirasaura included much of the ancient reptile’s skeleton and a feather-like fan that ...

Paleontologists know the bone bed as PFV 393. The late fossil preparator Bill Amaral found the site in 2011 on a field trip ...

A drilling project at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science has unearthed a dinosaur fossil dating back 70 million years.

A tiny, overlooked wrist bone called the pisiform may have played a pivotal role in bird flight and it turns out it evolved ...

New York's American Museum of Natural History plans to improve its stewardship of thousands of human remains in its collection, which includes the bones of Native Americans and enslaved Black people.

A new study reveals hidden bone structures that may hold the key to the evolutionary success of goannas in Australia.

Smithsonian scientists and researchers work to understand the natural history of Earth. They explore how the Earth and its inhabitants have changed and adapted over time. They explore questions about ...

For decades, Austin’s only natural history museum limped along with a bare-bones staff—from 2016 to 2020, it had just three full-time employees—and increasingly outdated exhibits, even as it ...