A study of 7000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: as ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, which live suspended in open water. Because of their astonishing numbers and ...

Despite introducing the modern world to Nintendo games with 1981’s arcade classic, the great ape was quickly sidelined in favor of making Mario a star. While the mustachioed plumber and his brother ...

in what we call a depositional basin. So that's a place where sediment accumulates. and you will never ever turn into a ...

The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going on sale and is set to become the most expensive space rock in the world. The 54lb ...

A new dinosaur species unearthed from the famed Morrison Formation in Colorado has been identified, according to a journal ...

The City of Houghton is contemplating moving orthocone fossils to the north side of the Portage Lake District Library from ...

The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...

Fossils are so common in Pennsylvania Bluestone that Glass often points out prehistoric plant fragments and ancient tide ...

Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

Step back 280 million years with the discovery of a fossilized Permian ecosystem in the Italian Alps! In late 2024, hiker Claudia Steffensen found “Rock Zero,” a limestone slab with ancient reptilian ...

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...