Paleontologists

The paleontologists are looking for fossils.

Paleontologists have discovered hundreds of well-preserved pterosaur eggs.

Finding fossils is like a search and rescue mission; once a bone is exposed to the elements, the clock starts for all of the processes that will eventually destroy the bone unless paleontologists can get to it first.

During the season, interns, seasonal rangers, and park paleontologists walk all corners of the park to find fossils coming out of the badlands.

When a fossil is found, paleontologists use a variety of tiny picks, knives, and glues to dig around the bone, making sure to leave as much rock on the fossil as possible.

Each time a fossil is found, paleontologists make careful notes about its geographic position, which rock layer it came out of, what materials were used to dig it up, and lots of other contextual information like noting the weather, who was in the field crew, and what time the discovery was made.

Australian paleontologists have discovered a new species of a prehistoric flying reptile.

Australian paleontologists have discovered a new species of a prehistoric flying reptile in outback Queensland.

Paleontologists said the pterosaur was perfectly adapted to flight, with relatively hollow, air-filled bones.

Paleontologists at Ohio University studied CT scans of the skulls of ankylosaurs — huge armor-plated dinosaurs.