A newfound site in the Italian Alps holds one of the largest collections of Triassic dinosaur footprints ever seen ...

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Explore an Arizona mining town frozen in time, with original structures and artifacts that bring the past vividly to life.

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The North Country Trail, America’s longest National Scenic Trail at 4,600 miles, cuts right through the park, offering ...

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A rare dinosaur fossil on display at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, tells a gory story. The skull from a ...

A 125-million-year-old fossil reveals a newly discovered dinosaur covered in unusual spikes scientists have never seen before.

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LOOKING through his binoculars at the shore of a remote island in the middle of the Pacific, Captain Peter Warner spotted a group of six figures screaming and swimming furiously towards him.