Scientists thought the fossil showed eight arms, fins, and other features typical of an octopus, pushing back the known ...
How smushed shells could help to resolve paleontological mysteries. By Asher Elbein You never know where a bit of unusual scientific research is going to lead. Consider a 2012 study about turtle ...
On the banks of the Solo River in Java, Indonesia, 19th-century physician Eugene Dubois uncovered an astounding fossil find: the bones of what appeared to be an ancient human, surrounded by animal ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University researchers have discovered a fossil of a giant mollusk in Antarctica that provides scientists with their first complete view of a worm-like creature that ...
The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds. By Alexa Robles-Gil Millions of years ago, squid-like creatures called ammonites swam ...
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