While the molten and partially molten material that make igneous rocks tend to wipe away the traces of ancient organisms, the temperatures and pressures producing metamorphic rocks typically ...

A warm-hued material prized by jewelry makers, amber takes more than 40,000 years to form. See pictures of some of the finest specimens. ByMichael Greshko April 6, 2023 •8 min read ...

Published: May 10, 2024 12:33pm EDT When we think of fossils it is usually of dinosaurs, or perhaps the beautiful spiral shape of an ammonite picked up on a beach during a summer holiday.

This shows that this isn't just an isolated case, but a true subspecies of mosasaur. "This is really exciting new news in the business of evolutionary biology. It's almost like saying hominids evolved ...

A Texas teen returned from a summer vacation to the Canadian Prairies with a story he says his pals back home probably wouldn't believe — were it not for the fact that the 80-million year old aquatic ...

Usually index fossils are fossil organisms that are common, easily identified, and found across a large area. Because they are often rare, primate fossils are not usually good index fossils.

Science Biology Evolution Earliest ‘true cicada’ fossil discovered in Germany Cicadas have been buzzing for at least 47 million years. Andrew Paul May 6, 2025 11:11 AM EDT ...

The spiders were coated in microalgae, which produced a substance that protected the 22.5 million-year-old creepy-crawlies from the ravages of time.

Two recent papers, however, have shed light on what fungi were up to before 400 million years ago, the age of the oldest, non-controversial fungal fossils. In May, a team of researchers published ...

Two fossils suggest that birds were thriving and diversifying in China as the Jurassic Period closed, new research reveals. Given the contentiousness of avian origins, however, the debate may have ...