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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CARROLL COUNTY,IA (CBS/KCCI) -- Fossil hunters are finding some amazing things this year thanks to the dry conditions. Past flooding has helped dislodge the remains of animals buried for years.

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 ...

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, ...