The lush, tropical regions of Central and South America have long dazzled scientists with their plant diversity. These ...

A 60-million-year-old fossil initially speculated to be either a Cretaceous metatherian or an Eocene metatherian turned out ...

Teeth from extinct species like Otodus obliquus (an ancestor of the legendary Megalodon) are commonly found in New Jersey’s ...

A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America's oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived ...

The 209-million-year-old fossil offers clues to the evolution of the reptiles, which have more than 150 named species ...

A rare Triassic fossil site reveals North America's oldest known pterosaur, Eotephradactylus mcintireae, in what was once a ...

Eotephradactylus mcintireae’ is the oldest-known flying reptile from the continent and roamed the skies 209 million years ago ...

Paleontologists know the bone bed as PFV 393. The late fossil preparator Bill Amaral found the site in 2011 on a field trip ...

This study will focus on the status of insects in North America, which includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, and Central America.