A lucky Florida family found a once-in-a-lifetime fossil that belonged to one of the biggest predators that ever roamed the ocean. Bricen Columbia, 19, found a 6.5-inch megalodon tooth in South ...

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. - The discovery of a monster's rare tooth, not seen in millions of years, was made last weekend in South Carolina. A family from Florida unearthed the exciting find – a massive ...

Two fossil hunters dropped into a Florida river that looked like brewed coffee and came back with a time capsule. What ...

Did you know there are hidden fossils from the time of the dinosaurs buried at the Smithsonian National Zoo? In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax slithered over to the zoo — ...

ARCADIA, Fla. (WFLA) — A fossil hunter uncovered a rare specimen while diving in a southwest Florida river: a fully-intact mammoth jaw bone. On Tuesday, John Kreatsoulas – known as Captain John – ...

GOOSE CREEK — Waist-deep in a Charleston-area river, a pair of goggles atop his head and inflatable tubes floating around him, fossil and treasure hunter Matthew Mitchell held up a mastodon tooth — a ...

As a teen, road trips to Dorset meant three things: Moores biscuits, swimming at the Durdle Door arch, and fossil hunting. We visited the seaside towns of Lyme Regis and Charmouth for exquisite fish ...

A groundbreaking study published in October 2025 has proposed a new perspective on the early inhabitants of Australia, suggesting that they were not just passive settlers but active fossil hunters.

Two researchers discovered what may be the longest snake ever to have crawled across the continent when they uncovered the fossilized remains of a partial vertebral column in Western India.

Fossils from more than 600 species can be found in the area dating back to 23 million years ago. Forgive Felicia Ludwig for getting all cosmic about it, but that’s just how she feels about fossil ...