NEWPORT, Oregon — Oregon’s winter months offer a roller coast ride of sorts in the great outdoors, when wind and rain are often followed by stunning sunny days. We travelled to the rugged edge of ...

The road to Fossil, Oregon, doesn’t reveal itself easily. After a wrong turn that had us questioning our navigation and a necessary stop at the ranger station in Ukiah for an actual paper map — no ...

Beach hazard warnings have been issued to beaches along the California and Oregon coastlines, with the National Weather Service (NWS) warning swimmers, surfers, and beachgoers to "stay away from the ...

An extraordinary 512-million-year-old fossil site has been discovered in southern China, preserving in vivid detail almost an entire ecosystem from a time shortly after Earth’s first mass extinction ...

The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where preservation shouldn’t be possible. Scientists now think their survival in ...

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China, scientists revealed Wednesday. The treasure trove of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The image on this lithographic stone ...

Before trees came along some 400 million years ago, our planet’s landscape was dominated by enigmatic, spire-shaped life-forms that towered more than 25 feet above the ground. Their trunklike fossils ...

Beverly Brown Williams, 90, passed away peacefully on January 15, 2026, at Lake Taylor Transitional Hospital. Beverly was born and raised in Norfolk, VA, and was the daughter of John and Hilda Brown.

A treasure trove of exceptional fossils from 512 million years ago—including 90 species previously unknown to science—is shining light on a mysterious page in the history of life. Paleontologists ...

An illustration of a member of the Prototaxites genus, which lived between 420 million and 375 million years ago Matt Humpage, Northern Rogue Studios In 1843, Canadian geologist William Edmond Logan ...