Researchers Discovered An “Alien Plant” In A 47-Million-Year-Old Fossil. They Say It’s Unlike Any Plant Alive Today. A New Study Proves Animals Have Culture — What Does It Mean for Conservation?

As it turns out, they weren’t hard to find. “The rocks we found were outcropping,” says Goulart, now 55. After periods of drought, rain had washed away sediments and exposed the fossils.

90-million-year-old pterosaur fossil with 11-foot wings found in Japan. Nipponopterus mifunensis, with a wingspan of 9.8 to 11.5 feet, reveals unique neck bone features linking it to giant flying ...

Ginkgo biloba, known as the maidenhair tree, holds a unique place in horticulture as both an ornamental treasure and a botanical marvel. Native to China and often referred to as a “living fossil ...

In a 2023 study, Pearson and colleagues used foraminifera fossil data to predict the fate of the ocean’s twilight zone, a region roughly 650 feet to 3,250 feet below the surface.

A world built on fossil fuels is loud. Here’s how advocates are defending peace and quiet. “It's really unbelievable, how much noise impacts so many people." ...

Imagine that humanity quit fossil fuels. Think of our entire Ozymandian blob of a global economy running on clean energy instead of ancient heat-trapping hydrocarbons—more than 1 billion ...

Storing fossils under stable, low-humidity conditions, for example, can improve the chances of detecting molecular information decades later. Fossils may lead to cancer breakthroughs “Our research, ...

The RV Great Ship Maya was used to recover fossil reef samples from the Great Barrier Reef in 2010. G.Tulloch/European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling/Integrated Ocean Drilling Program ...