In a sense, seeing a T. rex walking the streets of Des Moines would seem less bizarre than seeing that same T. rex fighting a Stegosaurus. “Dinosaurs were around for an incredibly long amount of time, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa summers can be unpredictable. However, the promise of warm weather is ideal for getting outside, from hiking to biking and ...

Have you ever wondered what life was like in Iowa hundreds of millions of years ago? What kind of plants and animals lived here? Fossils give us a snapshot into the past, but what exactly is a fossil?

WEST UNION, Iowa — The Fayette County Take A Kid Outdoors chapter is hosting its annual "Rocks and Fossils" day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 25 at Gouldsberg Park in the northwestern part of the county ...

A construction worker in Northwest Iowa discovered something unexpected among the rocks during an excavation earlier this month — a woolly mammoth tooth. Tiffany Adrain, a University of Iowa fossil ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY - Children reach out to gently stroke the alligators, horses and birds just inches from their ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- An avid fossil collector donated 10 tons of his collection -- some up to 450 million years old -- to the University of Iowa. Glenn Crossman, of Riceville, left the university's ...

AMES, Iowa – Franek Hasiuk grabbed a little red ball and said it’s not every day you pick up Mars. But there it was, a Mars model about the size of a golf ball and just detailed enough to show Olympus ...

Iowa summers can be unpredictable. However, the promise of warm weather is ideal for getting outside, from hiking to biking and more. Here are a few of the best ways to get outside in Johnson County ...

Swimming is one of the best ways to cool off on a hot, humid summer day. Iowa City has two public pools to enjoy: at Mercer Park and City Park. The two pools begin their regular hours on Thursday, ...