Travelers can get their hands dirty and track down ancient dinosaur fossils, jewels and more treasures through excursions across the country. Families planning a visit to Mantua, New Jersey, for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paleontologists gather around an area where a fish fossil was found at a new dig site in St. George. The St. George Dinosaur ...

They spend the day digging through ancient South Carolina layers packed with shark teeth, bone, and marine fossils. There are good finds everywhere, but one moment changes the whole video. A big tooth ...

Under McFetridge Drive in Chicago, two stories down in the catacombs of the Field Museum of Natural History, Jack Wittry slides open a handmade wooden drawer. There are thousands of such drawers that ...

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When fieldwork began at 10 in the morning, Sharon Lord didn’t expect much as she knelt in the sandy clay and settled in for another long day of careful digging at the Montbrook fossil site, about a 45 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Families looking to explore prehistoric wonders can participate in the annual Wyoming Dinosaur Dig, scheduled for July 2026 in northern Wyoming. Organized by The Indianapolis ...

Costa Mesa’s Halecrest Park transformed into an archeological dig site Tuesday, as kids sifted through a massive sand pit with brushes and shovels, searching for replica saber-tooth cat and megalodon ...

New Jersey is a hotspot for ancient fossils. With just a sifter, a trowel, and a sense of curiosity, you can come face-to-face with New Jersey’s prehistoric past. Dr. Dana Ehret, curator of natural ...

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