The growth and lifespan of Parvancorina minchami, small anchor-shaped animals that lived on the seafloor about 550 million ...

However, none of these places has been able to yield a marine fossil find that has phased experts like a desert region has as of late. Recently, a nine-million-year-old sea giant was found in ...

Wind turbine blades will become fossils due to their durable materials. Scientists call these "technofossils." ...

Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” ...

Research indicates that delicate deepwater corals tolerated or adapted to major climate and salinity fluxes, “yet today, it’s ...

If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...

The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn ... had four paddle-like flippers that allowed them to swim like sea turtles. A styxosaurus, a plesiosaur of the Cretaceous ...

As the coast’s layers are constantly eroded by the sea, fossils do ... South Coast Fossils, which offers people the opportunity to search for things like shark teeth and fossil shells.

While many dinosaurs and pterosaurs flaunted flamboyant feathers, early mammals were a dull lot. A study of the fossilised fur of six mammals that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods ...

The Anomalocaris, a top Cambrian predator, is another highlight. The name means "unlike other shrimp" or "anomalous shrimp", which is a reference to the first fossil of the species found, which ...