The extremely well-preserved ammonite - believed to be between 100 to 105 million years-old - has been discovered on the Isle ...

Newts are those semi-aquatic amphibians that usually belong to the family of a salamander and are found around stagnant ponds ...

Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years and recent research on fossilized shark teeth has led to the ...

Discovery of 'Punk' and 'Emo' Fossils Challenges Our Understanding of Ancient Molluscs Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers have unearthed two fossils, named Punk and Emo, revealing that ancient molluscs ...

The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin ...

This taken in May 2023 shows the pearls produced by oysters, scientifically known as Pinctada maxima, at the scientific ...

Palaeontology is the study of prehistoric species, mostly ones that are extinct. It focuses primarily on fossil data, using a variety of physical, chemical and biological techniques to analyse them.

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People begin to move in vortices in densely packed crowds. Plus, the scientists who kept research alive in Gaza during the Israel–Hamas conflict. The first pig-organ transplant trial in humans ...