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Prehistoric creatures roam the grounds of the Dinosaur House.
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Roadside Dinosaurs: An American Love Story

Who’s responsible for the dinosaur sculptures scattered across the United States? Our reporters set out to find the answer.
The Podcast Team June 2, 2025
Cadiz, California

Marble Mountains Trilobite Quarry

Anyone can play paleontologist at this quarry that has Cambrian fossils galore.
Eroded rocks of the badlands in the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park.
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Arizona’s Petrified Forest Is Changing What We Know About the Dawn of the Dinosaurs

New discoveries of small animals that lived more than 200 million years ago are changing how paleontologists think about biodiversity in the Triassic.
Shaena Montanari May 23, 2025
Yaese, Japan

Minatogawa Fissure

The remains of the Minatogawa Man found here are among the oldest known skeleton specimens from Japan.
An artist's rendering of <em>Baminornis</em> showing the position of the fossil bones discovered, including the fused tailbone.
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A Surprising New Tail From Jurassic China

The discovery of a fossil species suggests that the story of birds started about 20 million years earlier than we thought.
Andrew Coletti April 10, 2025
Lapinha, Brazil

Lagoa Santa Man

The skeletal remains of an ancient human were found with the bones of giant ground sloths.
The 1853 <em>Iguanodon</em> models at London's Crystal Palace (top) look very different from a 2023 reconstruction of the same animal (bottom).
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How Can You Spot an Inaccurate Dinosaur? AO Wants to Know.

Steven Bellettini fact-checks our assumptions about prehistoric life.
Andrew Coletti February 6, 2025
Lyme Regis, England

Mary Anning’s Grave

The final resting place of a once-unsung hero of paleontology.
Shayyr, Kazakhstan

Kokkala Gorge

Jurassic clays where the dinosaurs once roamed.
Hagerman, Idaho

Hagerman Fossil Beds

An ordinary rancher stumbled upon one of the world’s largest collections of Pliocene horse fossils.
Henderson, Nevada

Dinosaur House

A retired schoolteacher in suburban Nevada transformed his front yard into a paleontological menagerie.
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Was ‘Dracula’ the Biggest Flying Creature Ever?

In prehistoric Transylvania, a giant darkened the skies.
Andrew Coletti October 3, 2024
Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

Cape Breton Fossil Centre

This community museum preserves the largest collection of Coal Age fossil plants in Maritimes.
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World’s Oldest Human Footprint Found in South Africa

The ichnofossil, or trace fossil, is more than 150,000 years old.
Charles Helm and Andrew Carr August 19, 2024
Las Vegas, Nevada

Ice Age Fossils State Park

Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
Mastodons once roamed over much of North America. One of them died near the future site of San Diego, causing a scientific controversy 130,000 years later.
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The Wild Tale of the Cerutti Mastodon, a Fossil That Could Rewrite the Human Story

The Cerutti Mastodon, found near San Diego, shows signs of being butchered 130,000 years ago—but by who? Or what?
Gemma Tarlach August 1, 2024
Birżebbuġa, Malta

Għar Dalam

The bones of prehistoric animals and early signs of human habitation have been found inside Malta's "cave of darkness."
Fruita, Colorado

Dinosaur Journey Museum

Explore a wealth of fossils in one of the most prolific dig sites in North America.