Another significant contribution to the field is the identification ... the relationships among fossil species. Furthermore, a comparative study on extant clam shrimp species has shown that ...

A new study by Connecticut College provides strong evidence that palm trees once thrived in subarctic Canada, reshaping ...

Giant clams, some of the largest mollusks on Earth, have long fascinated scientists. These impressive creatures can grow up to 4.5 feet in length and weigh over 700 pounds, making them icons of ...

A local amateur fossil hunter made the find on the Cliffs of Stevns, a UNESCO-listed site south of Copenhagen. While out on a walk, Peter Bennicke found some unusual fragments, which turned out to ...

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period and possessed surprisingly ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown dinosaur species from an unlikely source: photographs of fossils destroyed during the Allied bombing of Munich in World War II. Researchers ...

Now, researchers are trying to solve the puzzle presented by a collection of humanlike fossils that have defied explanation for decades. Skull fragments, teeth and jaws found at different sites in ...

That sinkhole in the state’s wooded Big Bend region filled with sediment over the next 500,000 years, until two hobby fossil hunters came along. In June 2022, Robert Sinibaldi and Joseph Branin ...

And then the vomit was lost to the mists of time. Until last November, when an amateur fossil hunter, Peter Bennicke, split a piece of chalk and discovered it. For decorum’s sake, we had now ...

Christopher Bae, a professor in the department of anthropology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa who was based in Beijing for many years, is among scientists revisiting these puzzling fossils ...