Researchers have discovered a fossil forgery, reporting that an almost 100-year-old fossil was actually just a painted rock. Click to Skip Ad Closing in ...

What was once thought to be a well-preserved fossil of an ancient reptile has been revealed to be a forgery made using black paint, carved rock and a couple of bones, according to a new study.

Dwayne Johnson, better known as The Rock, revealed Tuesday the Tyrannosaurus Rex skull that was sitting behind him during his appearance on the “ManningCast” was a replica and not the real thing.

A young man's theft of a 400 million-year-old fossil rock from an Arkansas state park years ago prompted a heartfelt note of apology from the now much older and wiser collector from Texas.

CHEYENNE – Kits containing educational activities about Wyoming fossil fish are available free of charge to students.

The fossil, Janavis, was found in a limestone quarry near the Belgian-Dutch border in the 1990s and was first studied in 2002. It dates from 66.7 million years ago, during the last days of the ...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) -The Western Nevada College Geology Club holds its annual Rock, Mineral and Fossil Sale Friday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Room 322 of the Bristlecone Building on the Carson ...

J ust 1.5 hours from the city of Bend, tucked away in Eastern Oregon, is the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. This site has made it onto Oregon’s 7 Wonders list, and as soon as you catch ...