The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where ...

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Scientists have recovered ancient proteins from a fossilized rhinoceros tooth, breaking new ground in the study of ancient life on Earth. The 24 million-year-old tooth, which was unearthed in the ...

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Construction workers made an incredible discovery at Dinosaur National Monument when parking lot work unearthed fossils ...

Towering Prototaxites ruled Earth before trees—and they may have been a form of life entirely new to science ...

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A new study is reshaping how scientists date dinosaur fossils in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park (DPP). Using advanced drone-assisted 3D mapping, researchers have uncovered significant variations ...

The deposit contains more than 50 unknown species from the Cambrian Explosion. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- A new trove of outstandingly preserved fossils in China from the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Q How do scientists find fossils? — Ian Gervasi, Madison, Wis. A Dave Lovelace, vertebrate paleontologist and scientist at ...