What seemed to be an ordinary renovation turned out to be an extraordinary discovery when a trove of ancient fossils was uncovered. There are millions of fossils that make up those excavated since ...

18, 2024 — New archaeological research has discovered for the first time clear links between fossils of the iconic Australian dingo, and dogs from East Asia and New ... Sep. 18, 2024 — A ...

Fossils are rare because their formation and discovery depend on chains of ecological and geological events that occur over deep time. Only a small fraction of the primates that have ever lived ...

Scientists have described about 250,000 different fossil species, yet that is a small fraction of those that lived in the past. The oldest fossils are remains of marine organisms that populated ...

Oct. 3, 2024 — Pockets of microbes have been found living within a sealed fracture in 2-billion-year-old rock. The rock was excavated from the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa, an area ...

This does not mean the organism is unchanged, but that the original material of the organism has not been changed to another substance. The fossil may have lost water, or color, or the proteins of the ...

YouTuber Nathaniel "Coyote" Peterson is used to bug bites. It's often been a part of his job as founder and host of "Brave Wilderness," an online series focusing on adventurous excursions and run ...

Although dinosaurs lived many millions of years ago, we know that they existed because some of them turned into fossils when they died. Watch our animation to discover how this happened, and explore ...

Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of a dead organism. They provide evidence for how living things and the environment have changed over time. Fossils have been found in rocks of all ages ...

Things like footprints, burrows, eggs and even poo (called coprolite) can be fossilised too. A fossil is the preserved remains or traces of a dead organism. The process by which a fossil is formed ...

Competition and cooperation aren't mutually exclusive. Just ask a coyote or a badger. Both are crafty carnivores, and since they often hunt the same prey in the same prairies, it would make sense ...

Fossils are physical evidence of prehistoric animals and plants. They tell us about the history of our planet, from climate and evolution to diets and diseases. There may be more to these prehistoric ...