The stunning limestone walls and floors that are a hallmark of Asia Society Texas Center's architecture are also home to fossils dating to the Jurassic era. Learn about some of the different types of ...

Many different types of rocks can be found in Great Parks, from local fossil-rich limestone to igneous and sedimentary rocks brought here from the north by glaciers during the last Ice Age. Once a ...

The calcium carbonate precipitated out of the water and eventually solidified into limestone. Numerous marine organisms used the dissolved calcium carbonate in the seawater to form internal skeletons ...

IN 1849, having traversed the igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Sikkim Himalaya, Joseph Hooker, discovered a limestone containing fragmentary organic remains. The fossils were thought to be ...

Many professionals expect wines grown in limestone soil to be more focused and acid-driven—but is there a reason why?

Uncovering the fossil record requires scientists with many different areas of expertise ... fossils can be as informative as the fossils themselves. There are three main types of rock: igneous rock, ...

Researchers are constantly finding amazing fossils ... oolitic limestone is used all over the world, and in some of humanity’s most impressive structures. As ANU points out, types of oolitic ...

The specimen in question is an exquisite fossil of a gossamer-winged butterfly from the Isle of Wight. It is the only representative of its species ever found. Discovered in the Insect Limestone at ...