Underwater fossil bed discovered by collectors preserves rare slice of Florida's past
About half a million years ago, several horses, sloths and armadillos fell into a sinkhole in Florida's Big Bend region and ...
Trace fossils reveal clues to evolution of tiny organisms in deep marine ecosystems
Dr. Luis Buatois (Ph.D.) traces a series of hexagons with his finger, following the path carved by tiny organisms millions of ...
MIT Technology Review23h
Robots are bringing new life to extinct species
The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals.
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The Earliest Known Horse Weighed 3.9 Kilograms. Then, It Went To Space
Some whittled down to just 30 percent of their original size, an adaptation to increasing temperatures known as the ...
Smithsonian Magazine6d
Paleontologists Discover Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird—but It Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...
Fossil of oldest known modern bird discovered in Antarctica
A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...
Mysterious fossil resembling human ear found in park in Arizona. ‘Any ideas what it is?’
The 1.5 million acre Lake Mead National Recreation Area covers “mountains, canyons, valleys and two vast lakes,” the National ...
Fossils Preserve Both Skin and Scales From an Ancient Sea Monster
With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...
Smithsonian Magazine9d
Everything You Want to Know About Dinosaur Sexual Anatomy and Reproduction, From Their Genitalia to How They Laid Eggs
Dinosaurs had sex. Fossil nests and eggs, as well as the ways today’s birds and crocodiles reproduce, leave no doubt on that ...
GIGAZINE11d
Fossil of animal vomit from 66 million years ago discovered, experts say 'extremely rare and valuable'
Feb 01, 2025 13:00:00 Fossil of animal vomit from 66 million years ago discovered, experts say 'extremely rare and valuable' A fossilized animal vomit from 66 million years ago was discovered at ...