Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material, made with living tree resin, will shed light on the prehistoric ...
In 1889 in the foothills of Mount Tuscolo, 25km south-east of Rome, farm workers discovered something extraordinary. While ...
Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — and who test the outer bounds of legality.
In the forests and farmland of eastern Poland, Grzegorz Wróbl set out on a mission to find fossils. Instead, he found an ...
A surprising discovery in the feathers of a fossil vulture from central Italy has revealed that volcanic deposits can preserve delicate tissue structures in unprecedented detail, offering new insights ...
Wind turbine blades will become fossils due to their durable materials. Scientists call these "technofossils." ...
"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ...
Analysis - The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then ...