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Thousands of human remains are stored in Germany's University of Göttingen, many from Indigenous Pacific communities. But returning the bodies isn't an easy task.

Paleontologists agree that a massive asteroid strike triggered the end of the dinosaurs, but a debate has persisted over the reptiles’ overall state at the time of the fateful collision.

Have you ever eaten chicken feet? If you haven’t, you might be surprised to learn there’s actually quite a bit of flesh down there. And scales too! They’re wonderful – and informative – pieces of engineering.

To slow and reverse the fastest loss of Earth’s living things since the dinosaurs, almost 200 countries have signed an agreement in Montreal, Canada, promising to live in harmony with nature by 2050. The Kunming-Montreal agreement is not legally binding but it will require signatories to report their progress towards…

Amid a call to “string ’em up” and a possible $300,000 fine, cooler West Coast heads just want a pair of fossil fossickers to hand back their ill-gotten gains

A crowded mayor’s race sees candidates starting to field the public’s questions and a long-time Little Village mall’s fate remains unknown.

Analysis shows ‘earliest members of two main veggie dinosaur lineages were not exclusively herbivorous’

The variety of animal species found in locations across the globe could be cut by more than quarter by the end of the century, a new study finds.

A partnership between the Chicago Public Library and the Field Museum allows a group of kids to experience an up-close look at the history of dinosaurs and fossils.