Archimedes is a species of bryozoa named because of its corkscrew shape. The name was derived from the Archimedes screw, a type of water pump that propelled water ships and had a similar design to the ...

65 miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones contains many of the world's best-preserved, most diverse fossils.

Discoveries from a well-preserved Archaeopteryx fossil reveal new insights into early bird evolution, showcasing unique features like specialized feathers and an immobile skull.

Just off Otago Peninsula lies one of the finest marine invertebrate communities in the world, and it’s almost unknown outside specialist academic circles. These “bryozoan thickets”, mostly ...

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RIP, me. I’ve popped my clogs and fallen in a lake. All very sad for friends and family, but finally, a lifelong dream is about to be realized: I’m on my way to becoming a fossil. So, how long ...

This 66-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is Rewriting Everything We Know About Dinosaurs The new findings potentially give scientists a “ready-made trove of fossil candidates” to explore.

Although they look strange (and feel gross), they are native and harmless to our waters." A bryozoan colony caught in Thunder Bay near Alpena, Michigan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

According to Michigan DNR, the life cycle of a bryozoan begins in the warm months when they will grow and grow. In the fall, they'll reach peak size before dying off in the winter.

The group assembled roughly 120 fossils of bryozoan colonies from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. The Smithsonian’s Stewart Edie was also a co-author of the new study ...

According to the National History Museum, the bryozoan is a large phylum in the animal kingdom that can contain over 6,500 species of invertebrate animals, also known as zooids.

Bryozoans are also fossils Bryozoan colonies have been around for ages, with their fossils being found with over 15,000 species. But what do bryozoan colonies look like as fossils? Though they’re not ...