(CNN) — A 280 million-year-old fossil thought to be a well-preserved specimen of an ancient reptile is largely a forgery, according to new research. The fossil, initially discovered in the Italian ...

Maybe that black cat that crossed your path wasn’t so bad after all. For the dinosaurs, an extinction-causing asteroid derailed what seemed to be a pretty good run. “It’s all just bad luck,” said New ...

Researchers say they have uncovered a case of mistaken identity and found evidence of a species called Nanotyrannus lancensis.

Local resident Kevin Geist and his 11-year-old son Andreas discovered the skull two summers ago, spotting a strange black ...

Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, ...

TALCOTT, W. Va. (WVVA/Gray News) - While many kids might dig on the playground for buried treasure, very few find anything of note. However, two kids in West Virginia are the exception after digging ...