In reality, though, it’s big news in the science community. Professor Simon Scarpetta is the lead author on a study, ...

Scientific American talked with Gabbott and Zalasiewicz, authors of the book Discarded: How Technofossils Will Be Our ...

Apr. 8, 2025 — The idea that dinosaurs were already in decline before an asteroid wiped most of them out 66 million years ago may be explained by a worsening fossil ... Apr. 1, 2025 — More ...

Scientists have unveiled the oldest woolly mammoth specimen ever discovered in North America as part of a major DNA study ...

A new analysis of a fossil found in 1889 has unveiled the presence of zeolites—and an entirely new mineralization method.

Katavi National Park is typically a lush paradise for wildlife in Tanzania. However, the upcoming dry season looms more threatening than ever before. Meet the hippo, crocodile and lion families who ...

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He enjoys visiting the La Brea Tar Pits, so he can watch the paleontologists through the glass windows, working in the Fossil Lab and imagining himself there one day. Today, he asked me, “Is there a ...

When the first Prototaxites fossil was unearthed in 1843, it was mistaken for an ancient rotting conifer. But trees didn’t yet exist during the Silurian period, so what exactly was this thing ...

Fossils are usually associated with dinosaur bones or ancient sea creatures preserved in stone. But scientists now believe that modern waste – from polyester clothing to electronic devices ...

With today’s new No Man’s Sky update, titled Relics, there’s now an even more compelling reason to get digging, because you can now unearth fossils. That’s right, if seeing No Man’s Sky ...