Until now, scientists said they were missing a piece of the evolutionary puzzle, unable to link some hymenocarines to others that came later in the fossil record. But a newly discovered specimen ...

But “fossils can often provide unique and direct evidence” for how early mollusks appeared, Ma says. S. aculeata’s base is flat, with a singular foot. This mollusk characteristic helps the ...

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 ...

Due to their hard, calcified exoskeleton often being well-preserved in the fossil record, trilobites are some of the best ...

The fossil may have lost water, or color, or the proteins of the soft tissue may have degraded. Unaltered hard parts: teeth and very recent shells, bone or shell encased in petroleum or in ...

Now, the culinary brand Master Chef is entering the category for the first time with the launch of TIK-TAK, a quick-prep noodle series featuring two flavors: chicken and beef. The Master Chef TIK ...

According to Stephanie Pierce, a paleontologist at Harvard University who was not involved in the study, the fossils are also remarkable for how they were preserved, “in three-dimensions ...

Aug. 14, 2024 — Ancient fossil beans about the size of modern limes, and among the largest seeds in the fossil record, may provide new insight into the evolution of today's diverse Southeast ...

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 ...

New research by Dr. Bicknell and colleagues, published Saturday in the journal Gondwana Research and relying on Australian fossils, reveals that the biggest sea scorpions were capable of crossing ...

Walter Stein, Triebold's field manager, had recently discovered a single rib poking out of concrete-hard sandstone on private land Triebold had leased for fossil collecting. The prospect of ...

Coal, gas, and other fossil fuels are neither sustainable nor safe. We shouldn’t use them. Coal, oil, and methane gas are fossil fuels formed over time from the remains of living organisms. In the ...