From Wood to Rock: The Fascinating Process of Petrified Wood
Just like a number of creatures, wood can fossilize too.
Tag: fossils
Giant 160-million-year-old tadpole sheds new light on frog evolution
Amphibian fossils, particularly those capturing larval stages, are exceptionally rare due to tadpoles’ soft, delicate bodies, which are highly prone ...
Trilobite treasures: exquisite fossils are remarkably well preserved
A team of researchers used CT scans and computer models to image trilobites in unprecedented detail.
Hadrosaurus: The Duck-Billed Dinosaur That Made History
Meet Hadrosaurus, the dinosaur that changed our understanding of prehistoric life.
Drought-parched river in Texas reveals a treasure trove of dinosaur tracks
A nice silver lining to a terrible drought.
Strange creature with mouth but no anus isn’t earliest human ancestor — and we’re a little bit relieved
It lived around 500 million years ago and was thought to be a common ancestor of deuterostomes
Fossil Friday: Italy’s largest discovery of dinosaurs is a herd of 11 specimens
A truly spectacular find!
Fossil(ish) Friday: Minnesotans want the Giant Beaver to be their new state fossil
The people have spoken!
The oldest animal life on Earth was discovered in Canada: 890 million years old
That's a lot of "million years ago".
Hallett Cove’s fossil secrets are now accessible through virtual reality
A nice way to see the world when travel isn't an option.
Amber fossils reveal the true colors of 99-million-year-old insects
Colors can tell many things about the behavior of long-extinct species.
Fossil Friday: teeny tiny T. rexes showcase the predator’s teenage years
"It's not just a phase, mom!"
The best fossils may need oxygen — just a little — to form
Oxygen, in the right place at the right time, makes for spectacular fossils.
Fossils in La Brea Tar Pits redraw picture of saber-toothed cats
Usually described as fierce predators, saber-toothed cats are imagined as stalking the open savannah in pursuit of bison, horses and ...
Nanotyrannus and the Skeptical Criteria for Species
A historical example of how classifying a species can sometimes be very confusing.
“Prehistoric Pompeii” answers the question of when animals first moved on land
It's so sad though :(.
What Curiosity found on Mars are probably just crystals — not fossils
This is likely not our first brush with alien life.
Infant skeleton sheds new light on early Native American populations
Genome sequencing of infant found in Alaska reveals new Native American Population
Hundreds of prehistoric human footprints found near African volcano tell unique story
A prehistoric walk in the park
World’s first mass extinction might have been caused by animals
Looks like it's not always asteroids.
Treasure trove of Permian fossils discovered in Brazil
The fossils were discovered in the Parnaiba Basin of north-eastern Brazil, and are some 278 million years old, corresponding to ...
Challenging the “Out of Africa” theory, one tooth at a time
Recent fossils unearthed in the Chinese province of Daoxian come to unravel the story of humanity’s spread as we know ...
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A primitive form of parenting possibly found in 540 million years old paleodictyon patterns
Paleodictyon is a mysterious fossil pattern found mainly in marine sediments thought to be specific of a certain paleo-depth range; it ...
Raindrops fossil 2.7-billion-year-old reveals secrets from Earth’s early atmosphere
Billions of years ago, the Earth was unrecognizable from the life supporting paradise it is today. Fossilized raindrops from some ...
NASA slams alien life claims
Two days ago, the whole world was teeming with excitement, after some NASA researchers reported finding traces of alien life ...
Back when reptiles took on dry land
It was more than 300 million years ago that reptiles made tracks on earth. The exact moment when this happened ...
The 10 most amazing unexplained artifacts
Some of these are truly puzzling, some are shrouded in conspiracy theories.
