A peculiar fossil discovery has raised eyebrows in the scientific community, prompting researchers to rethink the boundaries ...

The Jurassic fossil Juracanthocephalus reveals a key evolutionary link between rotifers and parasitic acanthocephalans, ...

A study from the University of Leicester describes a newly identified fossil species that is 444 million years old, with its ...

Have you ever wondered what the world looked like millions of years ago? Imagine walking in a place where every rock could ...

To find answers, a team of researchers studied North America’s fossil record, focusing on the 18 million years before the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. The new analysis ...

Rare gemstone fossil discovery sheds light on ancient cephalopods before the age of dinosaurs.

What makes this discovery even more significant is the fossil’s age. It dates back to the Carboniferous Period, which was over 300 million years ago—long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil’s surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated by a strong light positioned nearly parallel to the surface of the ...

Many of those people were impacted themselves. They had trees fall on their houses, on their cars. Their properties were littered with debris and trees. But it was really amazing what they did to ...

Lightning is often seen as a killer, leaving behind destruction and death of trees — but one tropical species has evolved to use the force of nature to its benefit. The tonka bean tree ...

On Tuesday, Queensland’s LNP Treasurer and energy minister David Janetzki announced a policy to extend the life of state-owned coal power clunker Callide B reportedly three years beyond its ...

Climate-induced warming is fueling the proliferation of insects keen on invading Colorado’s forests and leaving the trees they devour for dead, a new report has found. After a wet and cool 2023 ...