BYU's Paleontology Museum holds one of the largest fossil collections in the world. Many of the classic dinosaurs most people know about were found in Utah, according to Boisvert. (Cameron Cook) ...

A field crew found the first tritylodontid bonebed in the Navajo Sandstone, said the National Park Service NPS / Brian Engh The recent discovery of extremely rare fossils from the Early Jurassic ...

An old fossil discovery is providing new information to scientists nearly 40 years later. A fossil bone found in a sand pit near Vernal, Utah, in the 1980s has turned out to be an older-than-expected ...

An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month.

For the first time in over 100 years, fossils have been excavated from the parking lot of the Quarry Exhibit Hall at Dinosaur ...

St. George • As they race to extract as many fossils, bones and footprints as possible from a St. George dinosaur quarry before construction begins next month on an electric power station, scientists ...

The discovery of the oldest fossil of a marine reptile, dating back 94 million years, is shedding new light on the evolution of animals that would later dominate the oceans. The fossil of the mosasaur ...

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ST. GEORGE, Utah (ABC4) — The Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently approved the construction of a highway in Washington County. While many have concerns about the project’s environmental ...

A painting depicting an Early Jurassic scene from the Navajo Sandstone desert preserved at Glen Canyon NRA The recent discovery of extremely rare fossils from the Early Jurassic period in Utah is an ...