CNN — Spiders are not well represented in the fossil record. Their soft external skeletons don't typically preserve well -- except at a few exceptional sites around the world. There is one remarkable ...

Scientists found Arctic fossils showing ocean life recovered just 3 million years after extinction, revealing how fast ...

A recent study found that many of the fossils from Germany's Posidonia shale do not get their gleam from pyrite, commonly known as fool's gold, which was long thought to be the source of the shine.

Fossils can be found all across the Earth. The fossilized bones and shells of ancient organisms has helped us understand the evolution and history of life on Earth. While fossils are relatively common ...

A recent study published in Earth Science Reviews examines how both the shine and excellent preservation of fossils discovered at Germany’s Posidonia Shale is not the result of pyrite (aka fool’s gold ...

For a long time, scientists believed that parasitic relationships between marine species developed much later in Earth’s history. But new fossil evidence from Morocco suggests otherwise. A recent ...

In the badlands of eastern Wyoming, the Lance Formation is a trove of prehistoric fossils. And one area in particular — a region less than 10 kilometers (6 miles) across — has provided scientists with ...

You will learn about how one fossil fuel formed thousands of feet below parts of the US. Fossil fuels formed millions of years ago. Different kinds of coals, oils and natural gases formed as dead ...

Ediacara biota were forming complex communities tens of millions of years before the Cambrian explosion. A new analysis is shedding light on Earth's first macroscopic animals: the 570-million-year-old ...

Gravely Serious Facts About Tombs and Crypts: 25 Most Bizarre Fossils Ever Discovered: Heres the thing about fossils: theyre not just old bones collecting dust in museums. Theyre little time capsules, ...

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