Every so often, a discovery comes along that changes our understanding of the distant past. In the vast landscapes of the ...

Many textbooks describe how fossils form, but few refer to the fossils that are accumulating now, in sediments at the bottom of a local lake or river, in a peat bog, or along a beach. The remains ...

David adds, 'We don't know about many dinosaurs that lived in jungle or mountain environments. Fossils are very unlikely to form in such situations.' A fish fossil. Nearly all fossils we find are from ...

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

The fossilization process itself can take anywhere from a matter of days to millions of years. Waiting for mineral-rich ...

Many of today's everyday items are destined to become fossils after millions of years, but scientists have suggested that ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

Planetary scientists in Algeria and Switzerland have developed a scientific instrument that could help hunt for signs of life ...

A video on X of people collecting marine fossils has apparently caused some confusion, as they are collecting their ancient ...

Metamorphic rock is formed when existing rock is transformed under high heat and pressure, which generally destroys any fossils that were in the rock before it was metamorphosed. For example, marble ...

That sinkhole in the state’s wooded Big Bend region filled with sediment over the next 500,000 years, until two hobby fossil hunters came along. In June 2022, Robert Sinibaldi and Joseph Branin ...