On a chalky, windblown mound about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, researchers brush and chisel away dirt surrounding a pair of curved tusks sticking straight down into the ground.

Nevada drivers could soon be able to show off their support for the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument under a bill introduced Thursday.

A prehistoric discovery in Southern Nevada may be one of the oldest finds in state history. For the first time, an artist rendering commissioned by a team of researchers shows what the creature might have looked like.

Roughly 290 million years before rancher Cliven Bundy brought international attention to the Gold Butte area, an early reptile the size of a baby crocodile left its own lasting impressions there.

wo local hikers made a surprising discovery east of Lake Mead -- ancient reptile footprints. The fossils are believed to be dated back 290 million years ago, but their findings are just now coming to light after more a recent, detailed study was released last week to the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Salt Lake City.

Roughly 290 million years before rancher Cliven Bundy brought international attention to the Gold Butte area, an early reptile the size of a baby crocodile left its own lasting impressions there. A team of researchers from UNLV recently announced the discovery of fossilized footprints 60 million years older than the earliest dinosaurs on a slab of sandstone about 115 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

About 290 million years ago, a four-legged reptile with three toes on each of its back feet strolled across the mucky land, the waves of a tidal flat likely lapping near its feet, a new study finds.

The Friends of Gold Butte Speaker Series in Mesquite will open a new year on Wednesday night.