Fueled by rising demand, dinosaur fossils are fetching fortunes with the most recent $40M for a Stegosaurus. But as clues to Earth’s past vanish into private hands, scientists are fighting back.

The petrified bones and shells of long-dead dinosaurs and sea creatures found in Swindon made a huge difference to our ...

Scientists discovered a 167-million-year-old lizard fossil, Breugnathair elgolensis, that has snake-like jaws and teeth but a ...