Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — ...

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

Today we're looking deeper into this natural phenomenon and in the process discovered the huge importance fossils like these played in the creation of geology as a distinct scientific field.

Imprints are left when an organism is pressed into soft sediment ... If an external mold later fills with sediment or minerals, it can form a cast. Trace fossils are other kinds of evidence that an ...

When once-living organisms are transformed into rocks or leave impressions or imprints within rocks, then those rocks are referred to as fossils, and the process is known as fossilization.

“After many days of digging, one team member found a stone with a particular imprint on it, and it was a fossil tadpole!” Although adult frog fossils are difficult to find, tadpoles are even harde ...

Then, he spotted an odd purple imprint that looked like the toe of a prehistoric footprint. Thompson, a guide for the tour company Wight Coast Fossils, got to work uncovering his find, revealing a ...

Other fossilised signs of a plant or animal are called trace fossils. Dinosaur trace fossils include footprints, imprints of their skin or feathers, and poo - called coprolites. Do all living things ...