Archaeology

The ship had been carrying gold to New York City when it sank in 1857

A long-cherished view of how and why feathers evolved has now been overturned

The American West once harbored multiple communities of dinosaurs simultaneously—a revelation that has scientists scrambling to understand how the land could have supported so many behemoths

The long-necked dinosaurs known as sauropods, once seen as icons of extinction, thrived for millions of years around the world

The world's fourth-largest island divulges fossils that could revolutionize scientific views on the origins of dinosaurs and mammals

The case was cold, but critical clues pointed to a killer's identity in ancient Madagascar

Mounting evidence from dinosaur bones shows that, contrary to common belief, organic materials can sometimes survive in fossils for millions of years

On a trip to the Gobi Desert, a team of fossil hunters unearths a death scene that reveals new clues about how dinosaurs lived

By analyzing previously overlooked fossils and by taking a second look at some old finds, paleontologists are providing the first glimpses of the actual behavior of the tyrannosaurs

Some 70 million years ago a group of hardy dinosaurs thrived in the harsh climate of what is now Alaska

Paleontologists brave wildfires, parasites and scorching temperatures in search of ancient mammal fossils