A multi-year construction project at San Pedro High School in California uncovered millions of prehistoric marine fossils, dating back nine million years. The discoveries include remnants of various s ...

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After the extinction of dinosaurs came the age of mammals. A new book brings readers into this world with well-researched species profiles by Aaron Woodruff, collection manager for vertebrate ...

Recent fossil discoveries in South Dakota and Mexico, along with new evolutionary hypotheses, are offering fresh insights into how mammals lived alongside and after dinosaurs. Finds include a ...

A comprehensive new scientific volume examining fossil elephants, land mammals and seals from Calvert Cliffs has been published by Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press and is now available online ...

"Prehistoric World" is a new book by Aaron Woodruff, the museum's collection manager for vertebrate paleontology. It includes profiles and illustrations of prehistoric mammals such as Livyatan ...