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

The Edelman Fossil Park and Museum opens March 29 unveiling a century of dinosaur discoveries and a fossil quarry to dig in.

The Mantua site will feature life-size models and guides to help guests identify and search for their own specimens.

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

A sneak peek inside of the long-awaited $75 million Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University on Wednesday was well ...

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is celebrating its centennial by displaying a cast of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ...

A major fossil site bearing witness to the Cambrian explosion and providing evolutionary evidence for early life-forms, it ...

Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...

The remains have helped to fill in gaps in the fossil record and move science closer to understanding human evolution in ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The ...

Two other major prehistoric discoveries have been made on the Isle of Skye: young and adult Krusatodons showing how dinosaurs ...

and the world’s largest Jurassic pterosaur fossil, Dearc sgiathanach. Professor Susie Maidment, of the Natural History Museum and the University of Birmingham, said: “The Elgol dinosaur was a ...