HAGERMAN, Idaho — Long before the Snake River lived between farmland and small towns in southern Idaho, the Hagerman Valley was home to saber-toothed cats, mastodons, 100-pound beavers, Hagerman ...

A team of researchers has identified and described Vulcanoscaptor ninoti ("the Camp dels Ninots volcano digger"), a previously unknown genus and species of Pliocene mole. The fossil was unearthed at ...

Members of the public are invited to learn about prehistoric creatures through hands-on activities this summer in a series of fossil exploration events. The events, hosted by the National Park Service ...

A broken tooth lodged deep in bone can outlast the animal that lost it. In two whale skulls from Belgium, those fragments have done exactly that, preserving a moment of violence from roughly five ...

Learn how whale fossils and embedded shark teeth reveal feeding behavior and scavenging in the Early Pliocene North Sea ecosystem. Sharks once fed on whales in the North Sea and left their teeth ...

HAGERMAN, Idaho — Federal wildlife officials will showcase southern Idaho's native plants and their ancient connections during a public event June 27 at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument. The ...