Mud

The largest is from a nearly 60-foot Cetiosaurus

Learn what this dinosaur highway can teach us about life 166 million years ago.

A gigantic space rock that slammed into Earth more than three billion years ago grievously wounded the biosphere—and then helped it heal

Protracted flooding has engulfed the country's Sudd region due to more water entering the Nile upstream, which is driving conflict and disease and is potentially leaving the region uninhabitable.

San Pedro High School discovered a deposit of marine fossils on campus in 2022 and began collaborating with local paleontologists to uncover secrets from the Palos Verdes Peninsula's geological past.

Flamingos are exotic birds that eat upside down, can produce milk, are amazing parents to their chicks and sleep on one leg. How cool are they? The post Flamingos are beautiful and peculiar: Lifeform of the week first appeared on EarthSky.

Beach sand is beautiful—and even more so when you understand the story it tells about our planet

Video cameras mounted on an autonomous underwater robot captured footage of cracks associated with mud volcanism close to a potentially active fault on the shores of Lake Baikal.

Wasps are often feared and respected for their ability to sting.

Special assemblages of minuscule fossils bring dinosaur ecosystems to life

Scientists have uncovered he largest single dinosaur track site in Alaska, termed "The Coliseum."

Large-scale fires helped wipe out saber-toothed cats, dire wolves and other large mammals in Southern California, according to La Brea Tar Pits researchers.

The annals of early animal evolution now include a major new figure, a jellyfish that hunted the oceans more than 500 million years ago.

Find in China shows a mammal attacking a small dinosaur

An unusual find in China suggests some early mammals may have hunted dinosaur for dinner

The unrest may be due to slight changes in pressure or in the amount of water seeping into the underground reservoir system.

The ordinary person looks at Stone Mountain and sees a solid, unmovable monolith. Emory paleontologist Anthony Martin, who thinks in geologic time, sees something more akin to a giant sugar cube.

Are there fish that walk on land? Amphibious fish certainly can. Learn what the mudskipper — the most extreme of all amphibious fish — can teach us about evolution.

Exceptionally preserved duck-billed hadrosaur had bite marks and gashes in its skin.

The birds and their habitat are threatened by development, but efforts to protect them are gaining traction