In this month’s Specimen Spotlight, find out what makes the Smithsonian’s Allosaurus specimen so special Jack Tamisiea The museum’s fossil specimen of Allosaurus fragilis is perched like a nesting ...

WASHINGTON — A dinosaur fossil at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is celebrating a big achievement for one of its fossils. Its fossilized skeleton of the Jurassic dinosaur ...

Over 150 years ago, a fossilized organism known as Prototaxites emerged as an enigma regarding what early land life may have ...

Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes. Remarkably preserved fossil specimens show they could see ...

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head. The insect, along with a ...

The legendary “Little Foot” fossil may be an entirely new human ancestor. An international team of scientists led by ...

SEQUIM — The eroding bluffs surrounding Sequim Bay are providing a peek into times long since past — 50,000 to 100,000 years ago. While walking state Department of Natural Resources-owned tidelands ...

The Museum's collection of fossil molluscs is among the world’s most systematically, stratigraphically and geographically comprehensive. It includes more than 20,000 type and figured specimens. The ...

The Smithsonian’s Ceratosaurus is finally giving up its secrets as it prepares for a long fight with a Stegosaurus in the “David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time,” opening June 8, 2019. Alex Fox ...

Shuffling through specimens of shale pressed with prehistoric organisms, paleontologist Herbert Meyer kept coming across a familiar name. It’s 2009, and Meyer had just completed a database for the ...