paleontology

Instead of Going to Museums, Rare Dinosaur Fossils Are Being Snapped Up By Private Collectors

It's increasingly common for rare fossils to end up in private collections rather than museums or universities, which can't afford to purchase them at auction or excavate fossils on private land.

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Theft of Artifacts Sets Back Scientists Tracing Human History

Scientists could have learned so much more from the recent discovery of a preserved skeleton, found in an underwater cave in Mexico, had it not been stolen before they could reach it.

By Michael Sainato

A 17-Foot-Tall Dinosaur Has Arrived in New York

The beast extends 30 feet longer than the Museum’s infamous 94-foot model of a blue whale, and hardly fits inside the gallery's rather roomy confines.

By Vida Weisblum

Digging Data Out of Dinosaur Journals

By Brady Dale

Obama on Historic Spree: Names Three New National Monuments, 19 Since 2009

By Alexandra Peers

Prehistoric 'Long-Legged Pig' Named After Lookalike Mick Jagger

By Jordyn Taylor

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