A rediscovered trove of Mary McLeod Bethune's papers at Fisk University links Nashville to America’s continuing fight for educational equity.

Everyone knows who Alexander Fleming is. But what nobody knows is that he actually failed to turn his discovery of penicillin ...

Mary Anning has been part of paleontology’s history since its very beginning. Yet this inspiring character’s childhood remains largely unfamiliar to the public. A self-taught English fossil ...

Among them was Mary Anning, who despite making some of the most important fossil discoveries of the century, faced financial struggles and was unable to join the Geological Society of London due ...

As prehistoric bones were unearthed, some Victorians wondered about the timeline of creation and the nature of God.

Were you taught about paleontologist Mary Anning in your science or history classes growing up? I wasn't, but I'm thankf ...

How regulated was very early paleontology? This was grab what you can. Mary Anning, one of the heroes of the book, is desperately trying to scratch out a living by selling finds to collectors.

At the age of 12, Mary Anning made a discovery that would change her life and the scientific community forever. In 1811, she unearthed the first complete Ichthyosaurus skeleton.

Both authors begin with Mary Anning, a self-taught fossil hunter who was the impoverished daughter of a cabinetmaker.

Of course, Mary didn't get credit for the discovery, but geologists did start to visit Lyme Regis, and she learned all she could from them. She read books and even dissected creatures that washed ...

Mary Anning was a poor and uneducated young woman from a small town on the English Channel who hunted relics to raise money for her family.