The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD destroyed the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum and is one of the most culturally important volcanic events in history. The rediscovery of the incredibly ...

370-million-year-old tracks unearthed on West Campus spark a Duke paleontologist’s quest to uncover the fossil’s story In late March, Curt Farmer got a request to remove walkway stone near Bostock ...

BOURNEMOUTH, England (Reuters) - Scientists have uncovered evidence of ancient humans engaged in a deadly face-off with a giant sloth, showing for the first time how our ancestors might have tackled ...

A field photo taken by the joint expedition team from Okayama University of Science and the Institute of Paleontology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences. Okayama, Japan- A joint dinosaur survey conducted ...

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A groundbreaking new study has revealed that some of the largest flying animals to ever exist, known as pterosaurs, were not just rulers of the skies. They also adapted to life on land and did so much ...