The most recently designated state symbol is Pennsylvania’s Official state amphibian. No, it’s not a frog or toad, it’s a ...

A recent tragedy occurred in Indian River County, Florida when an elderly man tried to save a turtle. The reptile was slowly ...

A Smithsonian-led research team has discovered the oldest known pterosaur in North America, a sea gull-sized winged reptile ...

Turtles have been around for 200 million years—outliving dinosaurs, surviving ice ages, and basically minding their own ...

A new study reveals a bright spot for shellfish populations in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Combining paleontological tools ...

Paleontologists have uncovered in Arizona a Triassic treasure trove of fossils dating back 209 million years ago.

A single deposit has produced a wealth of fossils revealing the late Triassic ecosystem, where giant amphibians cohabited ...

Paleontologists know the bone bed as PFV 393. The late fossil preparator Bill Amaral found the site in 2011 on a field trip ...

A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America's oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived ...

Eotephradactylus mcintireae’ is the oldest-known flying reptile from the continent and roamed the skies 209 million years ago ...