Travelers can dig up 66-million-year-old dinosaur fossils in New Jersey or mine for diamonds at an Arizona state park. See more U.S. locations where you can hunt for treasures.

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Join us as we venture deep into a massive river cave, exploring nearly three miles underground in search of an incredible discovery. What we found left us speechless—an ancient snake fossil, perfectly ...

Her world—100 million years ago in Myanmar—is not one of vast seas, towering mountains or broad deserts, but a damp and ...

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

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Scientists may finally have a way to detect ancient life on Mars by studying microbial fossils preserved in sulfate minerals. Gypsum deposits on Mars may be hiding evidence of past microbial life — ...

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There, Duke’s museum staff members meticulously rinse, dry and sift through the material, searching for tiny fossil fragments in search of clues about our distant history. So far, all of the fossils ...

Scientists hoping to identify fossil evidence of ancient Martian microbial ... More information: The search for ancient life on Mars using morphological and mass spectrometric analysis: an analog ...

Biosignatures are not limited to visible fossils. They also include chemical compounds ... these signs of biological origin from those produced by abiotic processes. The search for biosignatures on ...

Shares in oil giant BP (BP) slipped lower today as it looks to continue its shift back towards fossil fuels by hiring two new ...