Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — ...

For more than 20 years, a simple white slab sat in the main office of Biloela State High School, blending into the background ...

From batch sales of unopened rocks on eBay to discreet phone calls to higher-dollar patrons, Illinois’ commercial fossil ...

Fossil discoveries provide valuable insights into extinct species, revealing their behaviors, environments, and relationships ...

Many governmental agencies require that people obtain permits before collecting fossils, and this is done, in part, to protect a fossil's context. In the United States it is illegal to remove ...

Walter Stein, Triebold's field manager, had recently discovered a single rib poking out of concrete-hard sandstone on private land Triebold had leased for fossil collecting. The prospect of ...

An ongoing Paleontological Resource Inventory discovered the new species, called Clavusodens mcginnisi, while collecting ...

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Planetary scientists in Algeria and Switzerland have developed a scientific instrument that could help hunt for signs of life ...

These fossils were obtained from lake and river ... about how life recovered from past mass extinctions and could offer valuable lessons about ecosystem resilience and adaptation in the face ...