Amateur fossil hunter Noah Hill and his mom were walking along the beach near Calvert Cliffs this February during a period of unusually low tides when they spotted something odd. It was the top of ...

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 ...

The last comprehensive review of the fossil vertebrates from the Miocene of Calvert Cliffs was published more than 100 years ago. This volume is a collection of papers that updates some of the ...

CROCODILES in the Potomac River? Don't worry. Only fossils of the toothy beasts remain. They swam here roughly 15 million years ago when a warm sea swamped the East Coast. Although I haven't yet spied ...

To reach the 15 million-year-old whale, the paleontologists and their entourage hiked a quarter of a mile Tuesday, trudging along the slim shoreline of the Potomac River, which separates Maryland and ...