From batch sales of unopened rocks on eBay to discreet phone calls to higher-dollar patrons, Illinois’ commercial fossil ...

Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — and who test the outer bounds of legality.

You don't have to do fieldwork to make the next great scientific discovery. Sometimes, amazing finds are hiding right under ...

Jay Damm hunting fossils at Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area leads the note package around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Northwestern is one of 60 colleges and universities to be warned this week: rein in pro-Palestinian protests or suffer the ...